Cav's Place

A strange piece of news caught my eye today. It’s not strange because it’s unexpected, such things have happened before, but it’s strange to come at a time like this and especially in the United Kingdom. After the recent findings about food waste, you’d think the authorities would do their best to minimize the amount of food being thrown away, not increase it!
Don’t get me wrong, I can certainly understand why food that fails to meet certain requirements can’t be sold, you have to draw a line somewhere or the market would be flooded with poor quality items being sold at regular prices, but if they’re not unfit to eat then why can’t he give them away? It makes no sense! It’s like the law forbids helping people in need!
As for food being thrown away in the developed world in general, we all know that’s a fact and it all comes down to greed and lack of planning. I wonder how much of the nutritional requirements of the world’s poor could be covered if the money wasted buying food that we later throw away would be donated instead…