Appetite for destruction: to save the planet, we must fight food waste

Oct 24, 2017

A vendor sells fruits during a heavy monsoon rain shower in New Delhi July 20, 2013. India's monsoon rains turned average last week and may pick up over areas that grow cane, oilseed and cotton in northern and western regions next week, weather department officials said, helping most summer crops into their last leg of planting. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E97K1SM701

Even in the developed world, a shocking proportion of food is spoiled in transit or perishes on the shelf. Image: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

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