{"id":21956,"date":"2020-09-29T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2020-09-30T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:31:39","slug":"today-is-the-first-ever-international-day-of-food-loss-and-waste-learn-how-you-can-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/today-is-the-first-ever-international-day-of-food-loss-and-waste-learn-how-you-can-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is the first-ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste \u2014 learn how you can make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Food-waste.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21957\" width=\"446\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Food-waste.jpg 474w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Food-waste-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations\u2019 first-ever International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and\/or wasted every day,\u201d the FAO announced. \u201cFood loss and waste also puts unnecessary pressure on the natural resource base and on the environment, depleting the natural resource base and generating greenhouse gases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fsustainable-management-food%2Ffood-recovery-hierarchy&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ce0b82d20780249a6f80f08d864bff49e%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C637370122884384372&amp;sdata=s1SJVGB8zzqhzSKB%2BXqX8tCOFak7oB2xJfv45dqLJOg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Food Recovery Hierarchy<\/a>&nbsp;also prioritizes actions organizations and individuals can take to prevent and divert wasted food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit FAO\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fao.org%2Finternational-day-awareness-food-loss-waste&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ce0b82d20780249a6f80f08d864bff49e%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C637370122884394329&amp;sdata=bnq8GmBh3r4nedKYvvoJC94q5LWH2uubCVSf0Mu3vv4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste website<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201cread more and discover what you can do. 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