Food Waste

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Summary:
This week we did activities on food waste. We also learned about the process that apples and another food of our choice go through to get to consumers.Some of the levels in a food path are farmers or farms, supermarkets, or consumers.  Food gets wasted on every level of the food system. Farms are the beginning of this big waste. Almost every type of farm is able to waste. While growing on trees, apples can be wasted due to other animals and insects only eating half or a small portion of the fruit and throwing the rest away (though it composts). Another way is for good apples to fall or the tree to fall, wasting the apples.  Once the apples ready, they are harvested. During harvestation, apples can be wasted due to their looks and size. Many perfectly good apples are thrown away due to these reasons. You can help this problem in a few different ways. One simple way is to cook with foods that are in-season. Being in-season, in food terms, means the time fruits and vegetables are ready to be harvested.

SP6: Constructing explanations and designing solutions:

This week, we not only learned about food waste, but created a product to educate people about the topic. This product also included easy solutions to this problem. In my specific case, my group is making an action for restaurants to use so they can cut down on their food waste. This will help people stop the food waste problem. 

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