Elimination of Food Waste Could Lift 1bn Out of Hunger, Say Campaigners


	Elimination of Food Waste Could Lift 1bn Out of Hunger, Say Campaigners

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9-8-2009 6:29 PM

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9-8-2009 6:47 PM

katsteevns

Placing blame and responsibility for the cure on the consumer.

Those "government officials" ought to calculate how much food is lost do to GM foods and bio-fuels.

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