tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592885945485820182.post8712699485240858885..comments2024-03-07T15:47:47.139+05:30Comments on OMR Resident: Students for community serviceGVKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350402171842472556noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592885945485820182.post-66203424238251512662012-12-27T16:50:48.986+05:302012-12-27T16:50:48.986+05:30After posting this I happened by a feature - '...After posting this I happened by a feature - 'All about taste and waste' - by Shonali Muthalaly in The Hindu's Metroplus. Excerpts:<br />One third of the food produced today is wasted.<br />A group in Germany organised communal dinners at various locations in Berlin, using unsold produce collected from markets to create meals.<br />Edibility is not the same as saleability. When a farmer is told every apple must have a diameter of 2.5 inches to be accepted at the super market, he has no choice but to reject a large quantity of fruit. A report by Friends Of The Earth, called Supermarkets and Great British Fruit (2002), gives the results of a survey done with 100 apple and pear growers, who said any fruit with minor skin blemishes gets rejected, along with “apples that are either not red enough, or too red”.GVKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350402171842472556noreply@blogger.com