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American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) (2010)

by Jonathan Bloom(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0738213640 (ISBN13: 9780738213644)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Da Capo Lifelong Books

review 1: This book had its flaws (I found it a bit too long, and sometimes he didn't see past his central issue--e.g. is prison labor really part of the way to end food injustice?). But it's also really enlightening and engaging. I did not understand the scale of our food waste, all along the supply chain, not the scale of the environmental damage wrought even by biodegradable waste in landfills. Important stuff.
review 2: Very heavy on statistics and a bit dry at times, but fascinating look at food waste in the United States. It definitely affected how I look at my small part (I noticed trying to use up restaurant leftovers and have been thinking about using my bread loaf ends to make bread crumbs). However the real waste is on a macro level, not micro, and that is eye... more-opening. Change needs to happen on a global scale and Bloom does a great job painting the whole picture. less

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