Blog 3

Food waste and donations

To whom it may concern:

In america there are many people who go to bed hungry without a penny for food. Then there is the other side of america where people have an abundant of food and waste it half of the time. It is shocking to see mountains of food piles in landfills that are perfectly good in a mountain of trash. The reason for many of the landfills is the action that grocery stores and people don’t donate the food they are throwing away.

The first problem we have in america is many people wasting mountains of food. The wasting of food is creating several problems not just in america, but the rest of the world as well. The problem here in america is that the food americans are wasting and thrown in the garbage is food that other people could’ve eaten like the homeless, families with poor income etc. The problem is that grocery stores and people don’t donate food that they don't eat. Grocery stores waste so much food because of the expiration date, but experts say the food is still good even after the expiration date, but still grocery stores throw it away.  The problem that the world has to deal with is the food landfills are creating many problems and the biggest is the increase of greenhouse gas emissions. That carbon footprint people are leaving is destroying the world.

A solution that I propose that everyone should implement is the donation of food. Donating to the homeless or the poor can be beneficial because people will be fed which will waste less food. Grocery stores can donate the food to homeless shelters or even shelters for the poor after the food has gone past the expiration date or if the food doesn’t look good. This solution can be beneficial not only to people, but also the world because not only is there less food being wasted, but the less landfills that are necessary and the less carbon footprint people will be leaving which is helping earth stay healthy.

This is the problem and solution that I propose for food wastefulness. Thank you for reading my letter.