Jonathan Bloom: Wasted Food

[LT0WnWaRi0]

2:59 pigs are so cute XD but also tasty ;-)

[XxIgotsnipexX]

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[takadi]

People in America waste food for the same reason why they spend beyond their means and buy homes they can't afford

[lillith886]

haha! i've never been able to afford to throw away food:) i'm the leftover queen lol ! we home compost and recycle so i hope they start to charge by the weight for rubbish collections soon. mine weighs almost nothing! :) my partner works in a local village recycling and he can't believe what people throw away. the decadence!!!

[garycalgary]

everytime i see wasted food i think of people who didn't eat today.....

[tommedia101]

Such a great point you've made here! All our food waste is fed to our chickens. We live in an urban area but have a good size yard to keep our birds(5). They eat everything we throw at them and we try to use everything they put out too. This has reduced the the amount of trash we put out each week. I know it's not for everyone, but it really has taught us that there is a whole range of possibilities out there for what we throw out.

[gabriellesunheart]

Another awesome production by my favorite youtube channel! You guys rock and that guy is cute!

[nthnlsmmrs]

Biodegradable waste such as extra food, paper, etc... should be composted. I wish there were more organizations in place that would gather up the waste food from restaurants to feed to the poor. Unfortunately laws about food handling don't allow such organizations to exist in most cases. It's really a pity.

[hapticz]

imagine recovering 30 percent of your food expenses! avg home spends between $75 to $200 per week, almost $300/$800 per month on food. thats excluding restaurant gouging too! forget about farming! most people today are way too lazy, some cant even climb four flights of stairs without collapsing!

[gabriellesunheart]

Where did you gather those statistics...?

[ziqidonglai99]

民以食为天

[Ullygirldk]

Don't throw food away!!!!

[5k0ty]

Very informative report. [= 5/5

[ruseriousreally]

There's more than one way to interpret the data. He says that about 40% of the food produce in the United States isn't eaten. That doesn't mean it's not being used. Food has other uses. And why is wasting food a problem? Seriously, what's wrong with wasting food. Does it have environmentally adverse effects?

[kaperta12]

why not instead of letting the food go to waste just give it too ppl who need it?

[boarder864]

people are starving becaues of distribution not because theres not enough food. if we could easily give it to the people who need it, there wouldnt be hunger issues, but its difficult to distribute it

[bogdanp9]

I am really starting to believe that a lot of people are very stupid ( you included ). How can you live with wasting food and knowing that children in Africa die of hunger ? Are you people really that retarded ? Can you really not see the problem ?

[Theopolitical]

"How can you live with wasting food and knowing that children in Africa die of hunger"

It's not "Wasted Food" as the video puts it; it's just food we don't directly consume.

When we throw our food away other organisms eat it, then predators eat them (later we eat them).

Eating half an apple then freeze-drying it and sending it to Africa would not be the best solution, the best solution would be sending them food we've produced (pre-consumed) or helping them to sustain farms.

[bogdanp9]

I was trying to say that we should feel bad when we throw some food knowing that others starve to death. But i agree with you too :)

[kaperta12]

lol

the only organisms that eat food we throw away would b dogs cats n birds wouldnt it?

usually people dont eat those in the us

[1yK3Y4]

Actually I think about this issue often as well. In fact I was thinking about it just today when I went to a buffet.

It's preposterous that we are wasting 40% of our food when there are so many people starving out there! "Think about the starving children in Africa" has almost become a joke.

[JDHBand]

Food doesn't grow on trees ya know.

[JDHBand]

Americans probably send more surplus food to charities and good banks than any other place on the planet. be thankful for our abundance and the fact that we don't have to eat garbage.

[starvinartist8]

I agree, while I do think that we need to work on conserving food there are many other countries that even worse waste problems. In India they live on top of rotting food. But as an American I do think that people have the attitude that if it doesn't effect them right then and now then it doesn't matter. Also many think that if they can afford to be wasteful it's okay.

[bogdanp9]

" But as an American I do think that people have the attitude that if it doesn't effect them right then and now then it doesn't matter. " - this is a direct product of capitalism. Not caring about others, just about yourself. Maybe i'll never be affected by hunger, is that a good reason not to give food to others ? I don't do a good thing just it affects me indirectly or that i could benefit of the same treatment later. I do it because that's the way it should be.

[psykomantium]

P.S. America is by far the most wasteful nation in terms of food, water and energy, and its citizens are amongst the most cavalier profligates by the very nature of their lifestyles in contrast to that of the Third World. You know what I mean, all the people who leave the faucet running while brushing their teeth, leave the lights on for no reason, and throw away 1/2 of what they cook. And before you assume I must be some flagburning kumbaya neohippie, I am an American myself. :steps off pulpit:

[psykomantium]

I love how comments immediately deflect blame onto some other factor than their own personal accountability for wasting their own food. The whole point of this dialogue is not to focus on portions or abundance, but the active choices that are part of the business model and cultural paradigm called reality (i.e., hotels wasting upwards of 50% by weight of prepared meals daily, especially in NYC). Detractors will argue against this man, but he deserves credit for bringing awareness to this topic.

[dreadnaught2]

Its tough to use everything that you buy before it expires.

If you go to the store everyday to buy exactly what you need, you are wasting gas, so what is the trade off?

Food is a renewable resource. Gas isn't.

[rwealluseless]

Isn't there a law saying you have to throw away the food, and can't give it away? For restaurants and stuff.

In my own house I toss a ton of food away that goes bad, but its because food is over abundant and the portions you buy are so large. No one buys small and what they need cause everyone wants their moneys worth.

Btw, this guy is kinda cute. ^_^

[bemusedcapybara]

yeah, but i think he's talking about the bigger picture anyway. why are we wasting so much food, basically.

and haha. actually yes. i thought he was kinda cute too XD

[viksula5]

as an American I know we throw out a lot of food however I don't believer like he said it's just an American problem so I'm glad he mentioned another country because when people think about things like this they ALWAYS blame the U.S. and we are by far not the only ones

[Ezcut]

you have to be kiding,, they always blame u.s? firts he didnt say that 2nd , Wtf,, now you are the victim?... lol ...

dude you have to get out of you small town , or even better of

the country so you can have a better view..! of the world..

[buzzjunked]

prob true , i think i throw away about 30% and think it comes from wealth and phycological issues if it looks funny or not done in a perticular way in the bin it goes but i worked hard for it so i dont see it as waste if i buy a ferrari its my choice if i want to use it or let it rust in the yard,,,,,make food free for everyone and maybe nobody would waste it,,but cant see how it can be stopped

[ruiner1]

I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR FACE OFF

[jackychanman]

good video. I personally eat everything on my plate, but that isn't a good thing either.

[Chick6517]

Hilarious! well done!! normally videos bore me.. well some of them but this one kept me in tune through out the whole thing.. realy talent you have.

[RylanBlu]

We are spoiled and a huge portion of the world goes without. Why are common folks so disconnected to helping with this problem?

[truemtdega]

i dont noe about others but i always clean my plate

[jacktubeaccount]

Where'd he get these numbers? Is it 40% across the entire US or simply restaurants?

[PrinceWilliamAntichr]

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[japankostory]

ok nice ur video

[Obeth14]

Off the top of my head

What if we had vehicles (or something of the sort)

similar to garbage trucks that we could... I dunno recycle the food with...

I know we have enough taxs as it is and I could see the problem but perhaps it is the train of thought and direction we could be searching. We know we have to take the trash out, what if we knew there was something like this?

Individually it wouldn't work (I'm gonna eat that later) but maybe with food chains.

[jdbrown371]

Part of the reason we waste food so much is that we subconsciously realize how devoid of nutrition it is. We simply treat it as it's worth. Whenever I have a good quality cheese and leg of lamb etc. I treat it like gold and so do you.

[ILoveUSandA]

That is a really good point. I wish there were more of these thoughtful, original comments instead of the mental diarrhea (seka1986) that I usually see.

[BumpassVirginiaTV]

Bon Appetit

[HerculesRockefellerr]

Who'd a thunk it?

[kthankxbye]

John is adorable, however this is totally old news.

[funtastik1985]

Ship it back to Somalia smarty pants

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[trickmastermonkey]

it's very sad to know that most people of this generation take too many things for granted, even the foods that they eat.

[zartiox]

2:59 - pig falls

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

So if you see me eating out of your trash, just stop, put down the phone and leave me be, I'm helping the Earth damnit.

[gufniata]

dude it is america. back where i come from its almost a crime to throw out bread. its a crime against god too lol. its just a cultural think when u have a lot u dont conserve thats only logical. do people in central africa throw theirs out? i dont think soo

[seka1986]

Dude, you must come from a total shithole. Let me know where you're at and I'll send you all the crap I throw out. I know you'll eat it because you come from a loser culture where they eat garbage.

[ubentu]

This is why I've eaten all the food I put on my plate since I was 8 years old.. I'm healthy and 6'3'' now O.o

It's a problem with all "first world" countries.

[valvums]

only in america

[WorldChampInfinity]

It's not only in America. Did you watch the video?

[valvums]

Ok, only in America, and other first world countries.

[toxicXsharpie]

Think of all those famishing kids!!! Fatties ... xD

[theonly1daniel1]

very true but dude most be bored to study garbage we all know Americans waiste food

[akytilop]

Watch the history channel, folks, a lot of retaurant food is recycled into fertilizer.

Most of the food being wasted is wasted by this dude's generation. I don't waste food because I was raised poor.

He should go into a poor neighborhood; they don't throw away food.

[haptor123]

What a retard ......... just compost it or start some more food rescue programs.

[ubentu]

*sigh* We can actually eat the food that's taken an enormous amount of energy to produce instead.

[leapetra]

Where I work we do donate our dry goods to the food bank. But we still have to throw out the perishables, even if they are not expired. Example: A cheese expires in 5 days, is thrown out. This is because of lawsuit issues. The same reason why my company doesn't donate that cheese.

A lot of the food vendors tell me that the expiration dates on packages are always conservative.

Along with that you have people that freak out when mold appears on cheese (what do they think is in cheese?)

[PapaKenny777]

I used to work in an Italian restaurant, the amount of wasted food would always sadden me. 40% of the food that isn't served sounds about right, and then the amount of food that comes back on the plate too and goes straight to the garbage.

[cookingupastory]

What got me on to this subject of wasted food,

PapaKenny777, came from my years working in restaurants and knowing the unfinished food on the plate went right into the trash. I imagined humongous piles of food waste building up over time! I did a video story on a local restaurant who participates in a city program to take that waste and compost it for future gardens. Put Commercial Composting into YouTube's search bar and it will come up.

[yami990]

there's a good solution for the non fatty food waste, take it and feed it to worms. it's easy to do and just takes a bit of time get it started. plus it cuts down on what goes in the garbage by quite a bit. free soil and plant food comes out of it, makes it easier to try and grow a container garden in the desert.

[cookingupastory]

Great idea! Personally, I put most of my food scraps into my compost bin for gardening purposes. But I know not everyone has a composter or a garden. Any other suggestions?

[12oranges]

As anyone studied if there is a relationship between the distance food travels and waste ?

[cookingupastory]

I don't know of any study, but I'm sure there is a bit. After traveling across highways, etc., especially in the heat of summer, I can only imagine some of the fruits and vegetables just don't make it to the produce tables in the stores. Anyone else?

[FaintWhistle]

@cookingupastory I agree with that idea - take apples for example.

Those that are deemed "pretty enough" to be sold in supermarkets instead of being chopped up and turned into applesauce because they were not perfectly shaped - they will in some cases travel tremendous distances and naturally some of the fruit will arrive bruised.

Once at the store, it is too late to send them to processing companies - but bruised fruit does not sell. So? The get dumped.

Same with the heat - yogurt, meat,...

[FaintWhistle]

I agree with that idea - take apples for example.

Those that are deemed "pretty enough" to be sold in supermarkets instead of being chopped up and turned into applesauce because they were not perfectly shaped - they will in some cases travel tremendous distances and naturally some of the fruit will arrive bruised.

Once at the store, it is too late to send them to processing companies - but bruised fruit does not sell. So? The get dumped.

Same with the heat - yogurt, meat,...

[impalapez]

BIO CHAR!!!!!!!

[amartini51]

I was really hoping he would have talked more about *why* so much food is thrown away...

[cookingupastory]

amartini51, part 2 speaks more to some of the 'why' food waste occurs. Part 3 talks about some ways we can keep from wasting our food. I'll be posting them in the next several days or so.

Or, go to the cookingupastory[dot]com website, and search the title.

[amartini51]

Sounds great -- I'll watch for part 2 to come up in my subscriptions box then.

[WhiteTiger333]

Good interview on a very important subject - food waste. Hehe - I'm one of the lucky few who have pigs to offer surplus food to. :)

[cookingupastory]

You're right! Over on our website someone commented in a similar fashion - about feeding the leftovers to her pigs. When they harvested the pigs, the scraps went to the chickens! Another commenter said, a neighbor brought over their scraps for their chickens. Seems there are creative ways to work around this, if you put your mind to it.

[VeiledGlory]

National food supplies encourage waste; local food systems encourage wise use and savings.

[GULRUDJ]

Completely correct.

[sirspocksalot]

It doesn't help that here in the US we over-produce food. There's such a huge surplus of corn that they have to keep finding new ways to shove it down our throats. It's inevitable that a good percentage of it would be wasted.

[thpt]

It's not that difficult to deal with food waste in a responsible manner -- but it's not considered a 'high class' task. And until we deal with our cultural disdain for everyday, blue-collar, necessary work we will not be able to deal with ecological issues such as this.

[cookingupastory]

Just as recycling has become more mainstream, I also think it's time to recognize there is something positive to do with food-gone-bad other than throwing it out. You don't think people of economic influence could embrace, say, composting?

[Octahoney]

This is a very important issue to bring up.

[RoGhrianadh]

I completely agree. There is a fundamental lack of respect in our society for everything that goes into setting a plate of food down on a table.

[cookingupastory]

Agreed. I'm amazed at the amount of food waste - hopefully folks will give it a bit more thought.