"American Decadence"

Holiday goodwill ignores the cries of the hungry. Forty percent of the food produced in the United States is casually discarded. Over 1 billion people worldwide do not have their dietary, nutrition needs met. Surprisingly, this wanton consumption and disposal of food products also has detrimental effects on the environment as well.
"'Addressing the oversupply of food in the United States could help curb to the obesity epidemic as well as reduce food waste, which would have profound consequences for the environment and natural resources," the scientists write. "For example, food waste is now estimated to account for more than one quarter of the total freshwater consumption and more than 300 million barrels of oil per year representing about 4 percent of the total U.S. oil consumption."'
Amazing!