Comments on: On Terminology and Terminals http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/comment-page-1/#comment-221323 Jonathan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:30:04 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/#comment-221323 Hey sm, I just meant that household waste is one of the many places in the food chain where waste occurs. You asked 'what other parts of our food chain are wasting these calories?' The answer is all of them. Nobody intends to waste food, but it occurs on farms, in transport, in storage, at food processing plants, in grocery stores, at restaurants and on. I'd go into further detail on how this occurs, but that's basically a large part of what I do in the book. Hope that helps! Hey sm, I just meant that household waste is one of the many places in the food chain where waste occurs. You asked ‘what other parts of our food chain are wasting these calories?’ The answer is all of them. Nobody intends to waste food, but it occurs on farms, in transport, in storage, at food processing plants, in grocery stores, at restaurants and on. I’d go into further detail on how this occurs, but that’s basically a large part of what I do in the book.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: sm http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/comment-page-1/#comment-221304 sm Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:04:30 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/#comment-221304 i was interested about your comment "we have plenty of help throughout the food chain." i'm not quite sure what you meant by this. what other parts of the food chain (besides the regular human waste you discuss here) are wasting these calories? my first thought was that you were somehow referring to calories possibly wasted by animals (before they become part of the menu) or energy (as calories are essentially energy) possibly not output by living things such as plants and animals before they land on our plates, but i'm not sure if either of those ideas is right. could you please clarify? before or after england is fine, thanks! :) i was interested about your comment “we have plenty of help throughout the food chain.” i’m not quite sure what you meant by this. what other parts of the food chain (besides the regular human waste you discuss here) are wasting these calories? my first thought was that you were somehow referring to calories possibly wasted by animals (before they become part of the menu) or energy (as calories are essentially energy) possibly not output by living things such as plants and animals before they land on our plates, but i’m not sure if either of those ideas is right. could you please clarify? before or after england is fine, thanks! :)

]]> By: Jeremy Warner http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/comment-page-1/#comment-220453 Jeremy Warner Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:25:31 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2009/12/04/on-terminology-and-terminals/#comment-220453 Thanks for pointing out your website to me, I really enjoy it. You're doing important work, and I look forward to the book, too! Thanks for pointing out your website to me, I really enjoy it. You’re doing important work, and I look forward to the book, too!

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