The current dominant agricultural system is setup to produce waste at every stage of the food chain, from farm (e.g. excess chemical fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide runoff) to consumer: 40% of food intended for human consumption is wasted, and our food and agriculture system accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions.
This waste has ethical, environmental, and economic ramifications. We need to close the loop and ensure that the true cost of food is accounted for throughout the supply chain, discouraging overproduction and damaging environmental practices, integrating agroecological and ecologically responsible fishing practices along the way. We want a food system that ensures that the full use of food produced – including animals captured at sea – from human consumption to composting and recycling, recognizes the true value of natural resources that go into food production and maintaining these resources as a public good.
This waste has ethical, environmental, and economic ramifications. We need to close the loop and ensure that the true cost of food is accounted for throughout the supply chain, discouraging overproduction and damaging environmental practices, integrating agroecological and ecologically responsible fishing practices along the way. We want a food system that ensures that the full use of food produced – including animals captured at sea – from human consumption to composting and recycling, recognizes the true value of natural resources that go into food production and maintaining these resources as a public good.
