"In 2023, millions of apples were left to rot on the ground on purpose across the country. A combination of money — bumper crops, declining exports, retaliatory tariffs — and ugly fruit (made so by hail) hit farmers hard...In so many other places, the apples were left to rot. It was just good business sense."
https://www.inverse.com/health/food-waste-statistics-in-4-charts
#food #nutrition #FoodWaste
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