SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sub-Saharan Africa, Gleaning, Food Miles

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Monika Korzun

Document Summary

Decrease in edible food mass throughout the different segments of the food supply chain; production, postharvest, agro-processing, distribution and consumption. Relates to climate change; best thing to do with food waste is to put it in land waste creates methane gas when not properly disposed which is 20% more potent that co2. 6 facts about food waste: roughly 40% of food produced un the world for human consumption every year; approx. 11 kg a year: every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food. 222 million tons as the entire net food production of sub-saharan. *there are 800 million hungry people in the world today meaning we can feed everyone and more and not leave the world hungry. Complex supply chain: many actors, many hands, lots of waste before it even reaches us. Population growth: as people change classes, peoples demand for food changes. 47% of food waste is by the consumers.