The fat of the land: Estimating the ecological costs of overeating

ScienceDaily
Aug 23, 2019, 8:00 am28 pts
Researchers have proposed a way to measure the ecological impact of global food wastage due to excessive consumption. The results suggest that direct food waste -- thrown away or lost from field to fork -- is a mere hors-d'œuvre.

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