There is a documentary that looks at how much food is being wasted by people today and the problems that come with the waste.
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste has helped change the way people buy, cook, preserve, and eat food. This informative and entertaining documentary takes you around the world, showing the 1.3 billion tons of food that gets thrown out each year and the people fighting hardest to prevent it.
The issue of food waste is presented through these statistics: forty percent of food produced for human consumption in the US goes to waste; over ninety percent of this amount will end up in the landfill, where the waste produces methane gas – a greenhouse gas – in an anaerobic process as no oxygen is able to get to the material to decompose it; the cost of food waste is $1 trillion annually; and there is still a global problem of human hunger despite the food that goes to waste.
One of the best ways to not let your food go to waste is with a home freeze dryer from Harvest Right. A freeze dryer allows you to easily preserve your extra food, garden produce, leftovers, and more before it goes to waste. And saving your food helps you save both money and the environment.
Watch the trailer for the documentary below: