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TIL: We Waste One-Third of Food Worldwide

TIL: We Waste One-Third of Food Worldwide

Food. We eat it, we love it; but it turns out we waste more than 30 percent of it! Learn from author and National Geographic Explorer Tristram Stuart about our relationship with food, expiration dates, and what we can do for a more sustainable planet.

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5 - 12+

Subjects

Earth Science, Climatology, Geography, Human Geography

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