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Panel Discussion: What to Do About Food Loss and Food Waste

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Peter Burgess

Panel Discussion: What to Do About Food Loss and Food Waste

The New York Times Conferences

The New York Times Conferences

Published on Nov 13, 2014

Approximately one third of the food produced each year for human consumption — roughly 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted. The situation is particularly acute in the developing world. How do we fight the situation? From the 2014 New York Times Food for Tomorrow Conference.

Jonathan Bloom, author, “American Wasteland,” and food waste blogger

Dana Gunders, Natural Resources Defense Council (N.R.D.C.) health scientist

Doug Rauch, founder, Daily Table; C.E.O., Conscious Capitalism, Inc.; and former C.E.O., Trader Joe’s

Moderated by Stephanie Strom, business reporter, The New York Times