Bro… I hate war, I hate checkoffs, I hate lobbying, I hate buybacks, I hate Obama,I hate Trump, I hate non-profits. Ugh. Lactose intolerants, rise up.

People on The Straight Dope joking about food waste.

Dear Abby gave this weight-loss advice: “Regardless of what your mother told you, cleaning your plate is not going to help any starving children in Africa.”

Not wholly truthful piece of food waste does have a climate impact which in turn causes famines. When I was a kid I foodwasted so much. I never wanted to finish my plates even with more than half left and I still feel guilty about that. Since I grew up I got way better about it. I can’t remember even one time doing it. That’s mostly due to having more control over what gets put on my plate in the first place.

‘Eat local’ is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. But transport tends to account for a small share of greenhouse gas emissions. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it’s come from?

Jos ihminen on mitä syö niin suomalaiset ovat … sikoja

The food system must be overhauled if we are to overcome the increasingly pressing challenges of climate change, spiralling food prices and the scarcity of land, water and energy

“Farmers’ freedom to choose the seeds they plant and to use them to develop improved crop varieties and biodiversity-rich farming will be key to Europe’s response to climate change,” says Pimbert. “Europe’s agriculture policies are preventing us from adapting to climate change. They are also bad for biodiversity since they force farmers to use an increasingly narrow range of seeds and animal breeds,” he says. Farmers are handcuffed by a system of seed laws that enforce uniformity and protect patents and intellectual property. In practice this means only the most advanced varieties can be sold on the market. But under intellectual property laws this means farmers must pay for the right to use patented genes and proprietary technologies, mostly owned by large corporations. Scientists are in the same trap and unable to utilise the full range of seed diversity, says Pimbert.