Approximately 30percentt of all food grown, processed and transported is never consumed.
All these data points provide an unprecedented amount of information about the food we grow, process, eat and discard.
7. Industrial Food System -- Moving into middle school, the emphasis on getting their hands dirty and familiarizing themselves with kitchens and cooking should be gradually replaced with expanding their understanding of food systems, i.e., how food is grown, processed and delivered to consumers.
"Small or growing processed food manufacturers usually acquire ingredients from relatively larger companies so that they can source them in high enough quantities to meet demand.
With the advent of food biotechnology and the expansion of transnational food corporations (TFCs), global food chain has undergone massive changes in terms of the ways food is grown, processed, stored, transported and consumed.
Kelly Brownell has long studied the relationship between rising levels of obesity in the U.S. and the way our food is grown, processed, packaged, and sold.
With additional funding from MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab, the team has conducted a systematic study of how food is grown, processed, and shipped to the U.S. — and of the risks involved.
The most relevant dietary distinctions in terms of environmental cost were those that occurred between animal-based versus plant-based diets, with an important influence of the various ways foods are grown, processed, and transported.
Using the same technology to monitor our nutritional needs, and the actual value of the foods we consume, will fundamentally change the way we grow, process, and deliver food to consumers in the future.
But the vast majority of companies that grow, process, or sell food shy away from this technology.
