One of the growing causes of food waste is the 'Cosmetic specification of food'. People nowadays try to buy perfect shaped food. And the supermarkets either have to sell off the bad shaped food or throw them away. Just think how many people out there are starving and we are not buying food because the shape is not perfect. Is not that ridiculous? I'm not saying we have to give away the food to the homeless or people with need. But what I'm saying is we can change our minds. And our little act can affect the food market gradually. Maybe it will take some time. But how we create the market of perfect shaped food, that's how we can change this again.
We all waste some sort of food, some of us throwing away the leftovers, some of us are not preserving it well and have to throw the rotten food. Even some countries throwing away food and food materials because of overproduction and to control the price market. No matter what it is, how we do it, we are wasting. It's very complicated actually to control the whole thing, how the food market, prices work. But we certainly can do something on our own.
Another reason for food waste is we usually order more food than we need. You can notice this on the restaurant or even in our own home. Just go to the web and search how much food your country is wasting every single year. You will be shocked. We should be ashamed, we who are able to ensure our everyday meal, we who live in luxury need to realize how our act is affecting the whole market. We need to see the bigger picture.
A little step that can be started from our habit of food intake in the restaurant or shopping on the market can bring change. I really believe that. There's still time, we can make this a better picture. Just we need to realize!