Food is scarce as some people would say as it is believed that people around the world do not have anything to eat on a daily basis so it will not be wrong if I say there is a food shortage. Well, I am wrong as there isn't a food shortage around the world just that we humans are very funny and we still waste what we can't afford in surplus for everyone.
About 40% of the food produced in the US is wasted annually and as it is known, food waste is also responsible for the production of greenhouse gasses as well as fumes and oils. If the entire food wasted is kept together in form of a country, it will be the third largest producer of greenhouse gasses after economic powers China and the US.
When food start to rot, they produce methane and other greenhouse gasses. Food waste is common at home and with consumers and not from the farm or producrs. People spend a lot of food that they will end up not eating yearly, this food rot and add to the climate change. We waste a lot of food becasue as usual, we buy more than we need so we can stuck up our refrigerator which we often do not know when we will finish the food in them, also we use large plates to serve foods and we love to fill the plates even when we know we can't finish it.
A lot of us do not know the impact that wasting food have in our climatic problems but at the same time, we do not intend to waste foods but yes, it happens. The truth is this, if we want to reduce climate change then we also have to look into food wastage and start reducing all form of greenhouse gasses. Do not forget that a lot of people do not have food, so wasting food should not be an option.