What is food loss? Consider the future from the perspective of food and social sustainability.

While some countries and regions are suffering from starvation due to poverty and other factors, there are also countries where the food loss problem is becoming more serious, where the food produced due to satiety is thrown away without being eaten.あります。

Do you know that Japan is no exception to this, and 6.43 million tons of food loss is generated annually? When considering the sustainability of the social environment, we must think about food sustainability and countermeasures against food loss.はいけません。

This time, we will introduce what we can do while thinking about the future of food about food loss.ます。

What is sustainable

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The sustainable sustainability introduced in this article means sustainable sustainability.」という意味。

It is required to consider sustainable actions so that the environment and society can be sustainable.ます。

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Food Society and Sustainability

『As the unsustainable food society deteriorates, the food you are eating may suddenly become inedible due to social or environmental problems.します。

It is necessary to sustainably support food and society so that you can continue to eat fish and vegetables in a well-balanced manner.ます。

However, the reality is that food loss is becoming a bigger problem in developed countries, which originally take the lead in that role.ますね。

Food lossWhat is food loss?は？

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As I briefly explained at the beginning, food loss refers to food that is still edible but is thrown away.す。

The world produces 4 billion tons of food each year, of which 1.3 billion tons are food waste, including food loss. it means that there isます。

Four billion tons of food is enough to feed all the world's population. However, about 821 million people, one in nine of the world's population, are starving, and they are living in underdeveloped countries and developing countries. Residents are suffering from severe hunger due to lack of foodいます。

how food loss happens？

Even if food is produced, there is food loss, and on the other hand, the economic affluence of developed countries has an impact on the background that food is not distributed and starvation occurs.ます。

In a nutshell, excessive production is concentrated in developed countries, where a large amount of consumption is expected. Furthermore, there are many foods that are discarded simply because they did not meet the standards at the processing and distribution stages.あります。

Originally, such food should be provided to places where there is a shortage and should be reused and recycled.ています。

Food loss problem

Not only because it is simply wasteful, but also the problems that are affected by food loss are summarized below.す。

• Helping to reduce the food self-sufficiency rate
• Economic loss for households and businesses
• cause environmental problems

The problem of food self-sufficiency

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Japan has the lowest food self-sufficiency rate among developed countries and depends on imports from other countries for many foods.す。

Despite being the world's largest food importing country, food loss is occurring.ます。

Economic loss for households and businesses

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The occurrence of food loss wastes the resources and energy used in the food manufacturing and distribution processes, which significantly reduces the profit margin of the company.ます。

In order to increase the profit margin, which has declined, the retail price will be raised, and as the amount of waste increases, the cost of disposal will increase, and these costs will be passed on to the selling price, which will put a strain on household finances.ます。

Environment issues

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According to a United Nations report, greenhouse gas emissions are cited as an environmental problem caused by food loss.ます。

In the first place, food consumes a large amount of energy in both the production and disposal processes, which places a great burden on the natural environment.しまいます。

Incineration of food waste generates carbon dioxide, which causes global warming, and food waste contains a lot of water, which reduces the power generation efficiency of incinerators and increases energy consumption.す。

The biggest problem of food loss

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In many developed countries, including Japan, a large amount of food is produced and discarded repeatedly, while food imbalances such as poverty and climate change conflicts create a serious crisis of food shortages in developing countries.れるのです。

So, what should I do to reduce food loss? I have summarized what individuals should strive to do along with specific figures, so please read it.さい。

What we should do to eliminate food lossと。

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Food loss needs to be dealt with from the perspective of producers, consumers, and various industries involved.あります。

This time, I tried to summarize what we, as consumers, can do.。

• Check the refrigerator before shopping
• Use leftover ingredients when cooking
• Learn about proper food storage
• Let's talk to each other when we go out and eat

Refrigerator check before shoppingク

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By checking the contents of the refrigerator before going shopping, you can avoid buying leftover ingredients and avoid over-buying.す。

It is also effective to use a memo to buy only what you need, or take a picture of the contents of the refrigerator with your smartphone so that you can check it at any time.す。

2 When cooking, use leftover ingredientsら

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Before cooking, be sure to check the refrigerator and use the leftover ingredients first.う。

It is effective if you make it a habit to check if there are any ingredients that could not be used in the previous dish, such as carrots with half a small amount of onions.果的！

3 Know how to store food properlyる

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One of the food losses that occur at home is the disposal of ingredients before cooking, such as ingredients whose expiration date has passed and ingredients that have rotted.ります。

In order not to waste food, learn how to properly store vegetables and meat, and choose a method that will make them last longer.ります。

4. When you go out, talk to each other and finish eating.る

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It is a prerequisite that you do not order more than you need when you go out, but it is also important to actively call out to eat up leftovers and easy-to-eat dishes deliciously until the end at drinking parties and banquets.切です。

『The 3010 movement is also recommended, where people enjoy eating food 30 minutes after the first toast and 10 minutes before the end of the banquet.います。

summary

Japan's annual food loss is said to be 6.43 million tons, but when converted to the daily amount per Japanese person, it is about 140g, which is equivalent to one bowl of rice. It can be said that it leads toょう。

Why don't you try to have a sustainable diet to protect food and society in the future?か？

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