There are today in the world
800 millions of hungry people and 2 billions that eat too much and (often) badly. About
1,3 billions of tons of food - one third of world production -
they are wasted every year; each citizen of the European Union wastes an average of 180 kg per year.
Luca Mercalli, presenting the first panel of the Festival dedicated to the
sustainability of the agri-food supply chain, he had asked for figures and scientific data: the numbers arrived punctually, and are not encouraging. "If food waste were a country, they would be the third largest in the world," he said
Clara Velez Fraga of the FAO. "That modern economy is a robbery, which has produced great wealth but without worrying about the connections between economic sustainability and environmental and social sustainability - he explained instead
Cinzia Scaffidi, vice president of
Slow Food Italy - Saving is a concept we use for money, we must begin to apply it to natural capital. And then we should think that if we waste we throw away hours of work, hours of life literally thrown into the dump ”. Where and to what extent it is generated
waste along the food supply chain in Italy he specified it
Marco Pedroni, national president of
Coop: "Contrary to popular belief, only the 5% is generated in distribution, one 15% in catering, one 40% in the family and another 40% in the industries of the sector. This is why it is essential that companies be transparent first and make their concept of sustainability clear to consumers. Transparency also means correct information: more than 50% of the information running on the web today is false or incomplete ". It is precisely to counter this insane tendency towards the
fake news that the Thomson Reuters Foundation, along with the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, has called for
Food Sustainability Media Award, announced during the panel by the director
Belinda Goldsmith.
