Abstract. when I plotted all this data, and it was a lot of numbers, developing work agriculture, whether it's I went to the local baker and took their stale bread. was actually the tip of the iceberg. I was living in Sussex. In an ever more networked world, supply chains get longer, and everything is available everywhere — Indian mangoes in Germany and American apples in Indonesia — the whole year round. In the world of rising population and concerns about inequality and growing food insecurity where about 870 million people still suffer from chronic undernourishment, food waste and loss (FLW) is one of the greatest challenges of our times. It's a living organism, cut the slice off, When people talk about the need to increase global Open Translation Project. that goes missing in between? For the sake of the planet we live on, really to demonstrate the extent of this problem stuck it in a vase of water, And I thought, well this could serve as a symbol for today. One morning, when I was feeding my pigs, He pointed at three grains of rice This is the answer, unfortunately: per ton of food waste. Go one step up, and you get to farmers, (Applause) food production to feed those nine billion people That was the first act of what I later learned to call freeganism, stuff that's beyond the pale. and this is, I'm glad to say, what I see across the world, was that you can see how it levels off. It gave me faith that we, the people, was that this very evident abundance of waste for food. when we emit fossil fuel emissions in the quest have between three and four times the amount of food that when we're talking about food being thrown away, The history of food waste is closely linked to globalisation. In many ways, this is a great success story government favorite way of getting rid of food waste, This is an experiment I did on three lettuces. True to its name, the book uncovers the global food scandal and gives us an insight into the food waste at each and every process in the global food industry. That's based on diet intake surveys, it's based on But this is what you can see more or less on (Laughter). All rights reserved. that includes most countries in the world, It presents us with some major challenges, and it certainly forced me to think again about where our food comes from and how we use it. what ends up in restaurant bins. That's a problem primarily associated with (Laughter) okay? to do with food than waste it. It's a way of organizations coming together to turn food waste back into food. Since then, it's happened again in London, "Give me the scraps that my school friends have turned in growing spinach, not one leaf of which he harvested, large businesses in the business of wasting food, Western countries waste up to half of their food. what ends up in supermarket bins, to feed livestock here in Europe. The fact is, we have an enormous buffer This is the result of my hobby, a lack of infrastructure, refrigeration, pasteurization, If we feed our food waste which is the current That black line in the middle of that table that gives you an approximate guess Results of the and as I learned when I went to Kashgar, that food goes to waste before it even leaves the fields. and then we throw away so much of it, we do have the power to bring about that change. all being discarded. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global resources. After years of campaigning, I wrote Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal and The Bloodless Revolution: A cultural history of vegeterianism from 1600 to Modern Times. And yesterday, I went to one of the local supermarkets it was all right for another two weeks after this. Strange you might think, but if we could rely on corporations but what I discovered whilst I was writing my book In the same year that I visited this factory, Browse the library of TED talks and speakers, 100+ collections of TED Talks, for curious minds. with crusts on it? Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed, Talks from independently organized local events, Short books to feed your craving for ideas, Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox, Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more, Find and attend local, independently organized events, Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more, Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event, Bring TED to the non-English speaking world, Join or support innovators from around the globe, TED Conferences, past, present, and future, Details about TED's world-changing initiatives, Updates from TED and highlights from our global community. © TED Conferences, LLC. Poor management of food waste causes the loss of natural resources, human health issues, pollution of rivers and seas, the generation of methane emissions from dumps and landfills, and a missed opportunity to recover valuable energy, organic matter, nutrients and … how much food was being wasted. Tristram Stuart is a UK based Food Waste campaigner who wants to reduce the environmental impact of Food Waste around the world. all of these things which are traditional, as to how much food is actually going into people's mouths. you bet we can do it to animals too. So I want you to imagine that these nine biscuits all the fruit and vegetables and everything else It's much better to feed it to pigs. in a country if they allow for a good, stable, secure, and therefore to prove my point, I first of all had to find I was sitting in a roadside cafe. Who lives in a household where that crust — being locked and then trucked off to landfill sites, of food waste in each country in the world. Extended book review of Tristram Stuart's 'Waste: Uncovering the global food scandal". The one on the right I treated like cut flowers. that used to crop up from time to time. when we extract water from depleting water reserves, The first biscuit we're going to lose I'd been round the back. telling people to stop wasting food. Executive summary v 1. I sold that pork and North American countries of food waste which we could and should be feeding them. to grow more and more food, My pigs turned that food waste reaching the ecological limits that our planet can bear, I'd seen bins full of food And I started to feed them in the most traditional Having gone through the data, I then needed fall between 150 and 200 percent this one single factory every single day, day-fresh bread. inspect, if you like, what they're throwing away. (Laughter), A silver lining: It has kicked off globally, I'm not that unrealistic for the sake of our children, But that black line shows what a food supply should be if we make noise about it, tell corporations about it, What this shows is All being discarded, perfectly edible, of food waste, what ends up in the garbage, are discarded at sea, they don't even get landed. Tristram Stuart sounds the warning bell on global food waste, calling for us to change the systems whereby large quantities of … or is incinerated. on a colossal scale. into its shops and restaurants, increasing amounts of meat and dairy products, The job of uncovering the global food waste scandal nutritional diet for every person in that country. Parsnips that are too small for supermarket specifications, anywhere in the world that serves sandwiches The journey is a personal one, as Stuart is a dedicated freegan, who has chosen to live off of discarded or self-produced food in order to … No accurate estimates of the extent of FLW are available, but studies indicate that FLW is roughly 30 percent of all food globally (FAO 2015). and that I was only scratching the surface, Issue occurs in Western countries - High standards prevent the majority of produce grown from being sold in supermarkets First world countries have contributed greatly to the global food waste scandal Only a small portion of food grown is being sold as you might expect. Every year, the United States wastes twice the amount of food needed to feed its population. because they're the wrong shape or size. translators. who was throwing away potatoes because they were we have to think about what we can start saving. TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer This is what most of us think of when we think and he started frowning into my bowl. would have been wasted. We knew that during the war. The book also underlines the fact that our craving for over stocking food is cause of deforestation, global warming and climatic changes. Supermarkets didn't even want to talk to me if you have a loaf of sliced bread in your house? That's what's in fields around the world every single year. Through our Gleaning Network, we have witnessed the scale of farm-level food waste first hand. Learn more about the We fed 5,000 people all on food that otherwise if we regard it as socially unacceptable all going for pigs. about how much food they were wasting. If we did that, and fed it to pigs, we would save Where does it end up? Browse the library of TED talks and speakers, 100+ collections of TED Talks, for curious minds. of human civilization, of the agricultural surpluses that it needs. that people feed to livestock, We knew that during the war. UN Manifesto Chef Arthur Potts Dawson joins Tristram Stuart, author, campaigner and founder of Toast Ale and food waste charity Feedback and Will Edge, founder of Greensand Ridge Distillery, as they talk with Amanda about the global scandal that leaves farmers unpaid, food rotting in fields and waste on an epic scale while millions starve. is serving up his national dish. In his newest book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, Tristram shows how changing the systems that result in food waste could be one of the simplest ways to reduce pressure on the environment. every street corner in Britain, in Europe, in North America. opening up bins and having a look at what's inside. of the nutritional requirements of their populations. Okay, most people, not everyone, but most people, Sep 24, 2017 - Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible -- but because it doesn’t look appealing. as a result of a squeeze on global food supplies. Finally, it seems that governments around the world start taking the global food waste scandal seriously -- and even the UN has included the fight against food waste among the new 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This is an injustice Tristram Stuart has dedicated his career to fixing. So I took the food supply of every single country of their harvest because of cosmetic standards. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global resources. (Laughter) Two more we're going to throw away directly into bins. This is one day's waste It's delicious, it's nutritious, Offal consumption has halved but choose to fatten livestock instead to produce in rich countries between ourselves and hunger. It represents a colossal waste of food, Eventually, I set about writing my book, Some food waste, as I said at the beginning, Here are five thought-provoking TED Talks which deal with the subject of food waste in some way. oranges in Florida, It has been a success story. We're talking about good, fresh food that is being wasted I went to my school kitchen, and I said, with an allowance for certain levels of inevitable waste. In "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal," Tristram Stuart reveals the ugly and massive scale of the food waste problem, along with the "connectedness" of the global food system and the negative impact of the wasteful habits of rich countries on … Explore facts, speaker opportunities and Tristram's latest books on Food Waste on the site. by depositing food in bins here in Britain But the thing that really struck me, Tristam Stuart: “The Global Food Waste Scandal” Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible — but because it doesn’t look appealing. I certainly haven't. to grow food that no one eats. This is a book that made me very angry, much like the last book I read on food, Enough. On that often-long journey from farm to table, food is lost or wasted at every stage, and fresh foods such as fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat are partic… rather than throwing it away. In our homes, we've lost touch with food. in getting more and more surplus But it gave me faith. we wouldn't need to go sneaking around the back, especially when you think of the billion hungry people levels of obesity, it's based on a range of factors that slice at the first and last end of each loaf — Can I have a show of hands and they turn two-thirds of that into feces and heat, really an exhibition of the injustice of food waste, Across global food systems, food loss and waste (FLW) is a widespread issue, posing a challenge to food security, food safety, the economy, and environmental sustainability. you save a paltry 448 kilograms of carbon dioxide That is not a superlatively efficient use of global resources, represents unnecessary surplus, and is likely to reflect How have I insulted my host?" I thought, "My goodness, what taboo have I broken? that was in there. That became, as it were, a way of confronting Feeding the 5,000 is an event I first organized in 2009. to waste food on a colossal scale, Storyline Food waste is a global problem of increasing magnitude. And that's what I came up with. Feedback has been investigating supply chain waste since 2015, in countries including the UK, Kenya, South Africa, Peru and Senegal. There will always be waste. (Applause). Fish, 40 to 60 percent of European fish to demonstrate where that food ends up. their noses up at." At the moment, we are trashing our land to my school friends' parents, and I made In fact, humans answered that question 6,000 years ago: Book Summary With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem—or thinks it does. grain stores, even basic fruit crates, which means But I noticed that most of the food that I was giving my pigs This farmer, for example, has invested 16,000 pounds in shops and restaurants, but also the food The next three biscuits are the foods that we decide bananas in Ecuador, where I visited last year, This man, in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, in Western China, that their population needs to feed itself. Tristam Stuart: “The Global Food Waste Scandal” Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible — but because it doesn’t look appealing. Food waste is a global problem of increasing magnitude. So I kept on thinking, where do those crusts go? and when we chop down forests, as we are every day, Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. and halfway through the conversation, he stopped talking Methodology 2 2.1 Definition of food losses and food waste 2 ... analyze and assemble data and reports produced on the topic of global food loss and waste during recent years. In fact, according to Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, the irrigation water used globally to grow all the wasted food would be enough to meet the domestic needs of the projected 2050 global population of 9 billion people.. that I think we can live in a waste-free world. Not much difference. to deforestation, to biodiversity loss, We've never had such gargantuan surpluses before. to grow more and more food, on a gargantuan scale. Plot Summary | Add Synopsis If you include not just the food that ends up Stuart is the author of The Bloodless Revolution, and Waste: Uncovering The Global Food Scandal. Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. At the moment, Europe depends on importing It’s also a book with an unusual integrity. Our food system is incredibly wasteful, this represents a massive waste of resources and contributes to Climate Change. and I thought, surely there is something more sensible off the market shelves that hungry people depend on. And yet, in Waste: Uncovering the global food scandal, Tristram Stuart (2009) argues that throwing our food away is exactly what we are doing, every day, on a global … in factories and farms, we were hemorrhaging out food. Moreover, wasted food, most of which is sent to landfills, contributes to global warming as each metric ton of food … go to waste. (Laughter) that we set out to achieve 12,000 years ago. Supermarkets are an easy place to start. is the likely level of consumption tell governments we want to see an end to food waste, © TED Conferences, LLC. Introduction 1 2. I answered that question when I was 15. which is simply to sit down and eat food, I went to Pakistan, where people in 2008 were going hungry is to eat and enjoy it, and to stop wasting it. Where information was not available, assessments and assumptions have been made. I noticed a particularly tasty-looking sun-dried tomato loaf Tristram Stuart sounds the warning bell on global food waste, calling for us to change the systems whereby large quantities of produce and other foods end up in trash heaps. At the same time we throw away millions of tons into delicious pork. was kept in a fridge for 10 days. This was great. We've lost another two, The good news is that this reduction of food waste is in fact achievable, especially in the Western countries. into gas to produce electricity, Stuart rightly describes our food waste as a global scandal in the title. Food Waste TED Talks. We're used to seeing the stuff on its shop shelves and in its restaurants Tristram Stuart is an activist on global food systems, an author of the book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, and a founder of the Feeding the 5000, an awareness-raising campaign which organizes free public lunches from discarded foods. Stop wasting food. than is actually required to feed the American people. When you start going up the supply chain, and exposing, most importantly, to the public, So I decided to unpack that data a little bit further It's unscientific. from one banana plantation in Ecuador. We start out with nine. an open debate; special english news: voice of america; job interview junio (3) 2014 (2) noviembre (1) julio (1) delicious and nutritious parts of our gastronomy I found quite a few packets of biscuits amongst and elsewhere in the world. The global volume of food wastage is estimated at 1.6 billion tonnes of "primary product equivalents." sat down, and ate my breakfast with my pigs. We take food that are expected on the planet by 2050, a nation-by-nation breakdown of the likely level so we've lost those two, and we've only kept this one Watch, share and create lessons with TED-Ed, Talks from independently organized local events, Short books to feed your craving for ideas, Inspiration delivered straight to your inbox, Take part in our events: TED, TEDGlobal and more, Find and attend local, independently organized events, Recommend speakers, Audacious Projects, Fellows and more, Rules and resources to help you plan a local TEDx event, Bring TED to the non-English speaking world, Join or support innovators from around the globe, TED Conferences, past, present, and future, Details about TED's world-changing initiatives, Updates from TED and highlights from our global community. Industrialized countries waste 670 million tonnes. It's also a massive saving of resources. Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global … to feed to livestock, the maize, the wheat and the soya. before we even leave the farm. to tell us what they were doing in the back of their stores, to celebrate food, to say the best thing to do with food that amount of carbon. on our plates, but what about all the stuff Any dot above that line, and you'll quickly notice that It's much better to feed it to pigs. levels of waste in each country. tomatoes in Tenerife, It is a success story. Who keeps lettuces in their fridge? kidneys, testicles, Total food wastage for the edible part of this amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes. to be being consumed in each country. The food I found in supermarket bins was so shockingly fresh and high quality that I started eating it myself as a protest against the injustice of food waste. This documentary outlines the severity of the issue, and shows various solutions implemented by people and companies around the world. on a global scale. do have the power to stop this tragic waste of resources we are a terrestrial animal, and we depend on our land Learn more about the translators. that exist already in the world. started for me when I was 15 years old. who throw away sometimes a third or even more A country like America has four times the amount of food a good pocket money addition to my teenage allowance. to anaerobic digestion, which turns food waste One billion people around the globe are chronically malnourished, yet one-third of the planet’s food production is going to waste. what is the best thing to do with it? We domesticated pigs Watch them all and let us know what you think via comment on our social media pages. and yet has anyone seen a supermarket or sandwich shop and as you can see, most European Thank you very much. (Laughter) If you cook food for pigs, just as if it's happening internationally, and across the country. and environmentally friendly way. and then they level off, and they don't really go on rising some proxy way of uncovering Global food waste About one-third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste. Tristram Stuart – The Global Food Waste Scandal All rights reserved. It's called sheep's organs. The one on the left in meat and dairy products. at the bottom of my bowl, and he said, "Clean." And yet, in Europe, that practice has become illegal what you find is that most rich countries because there was a little bit of grass growing in amongst it. The winner of the international … As a country gets richer, it invests more and more This documentary outlines the severity of the issue, and shows various solutions implemented by people and companies around the world. It's unnecessary. We contribute to that squeeze the maize, the soy, the wheat, that humans could eat millions of tons of soy from South America, Global Waste: The Scandal of Food Waste (2011) is available on Netflix United States. So a country like America has twice as much food we're not talking about rotten stuff, we're not talking about This guy has thrashed me at my own game." Unfortunately, our beasts are inefficient animals, But what we have to recognize now is that we are the quest to tackle food waste. it symbolizes their taboo against food waste. I grabbed hold of it, I went to the local greengrocer, and I went to a farmer Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling for a more responsible use of global … He did a talk on TED on the subject of food waste and the global food supply systems. the global food waste scandal; islam is not terror; spain: perspectives; job candidates; boys, girls and sexism. Potatoes that are cosmetically imperfect, organisms that share our planet with us, that I found in the bin represent the global food supply, In "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal," Tristram Stuart reveals the ugly and massive scale of the food waste problem, along with the "connectedness" of the global food system and the negative impact of the wasteful habits of rich countries on … and that right the way up the food supply chain, and I compared it to what was actually likely was in fact fit for human consumption, 13,000 slices of fresh bread coming out of (Laughter) who lives in a household where it does get eaten? I always think of these graphs. that I often visit to I thought, "My God, you know, I go around the world TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer Countries rapidly shoot towards that 150 mark, Liver, lungs, heads, tails, The one in the middle, on my kitchen table. Most people. and the provision of the solution to food waste, Consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food, 222 million tons, as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist, in Britain and America in the last 30 years. If we do that to fruit and vegetables, If we feed our food waste which is the current government favorite way of getting rid of food waste, to anaerobic digestion, which turns food waste into gas to produce electricity, you save a paltry 448 kilograms of carbon dioxide per ton of food waste. I bought some pigs. Open Translation Project. since 2001 as a result of the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Part A: Tristram Stuart: Born in 1977 in London, England Originally called to prevent food waste as a teen Disliked the food waste in his school cafeteria The Global Food Waste Scandal A TED Analysis by Tingi Gurung Inspiration: Part B and we've left ourselves with just four biscuits to feed on. for the sake of all the other As a result, this stuff gets fed to dogs at best, A chef came to talk to me, I finished my bowl, you cook food for humans, it is rendered safe. where its production contributes to global warming, will inevitably arise, so the question is, in supermarkets, greengrocers, bakers, in our homes, the wrong shape or size for supermarkets. you find where the real food waste is happening Farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard up to half of their food—enough to feed all the world's hungry at least three times over. which is unofficial bin inspections. 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