Food waste study: 18 billion animals a year die, but never end up on our plate

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Nov 20, 2023, 4:42 pm833 ptsInteresting
Each year, a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Environmental scientists Juliane Klaura, Laura Scherer, and Gerard Breeman were the first to calculate this number on a global scale. "Reducing these numbers would…

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Food waste study: 18 billion animals a year die, but never end up on our plate

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