Today, over one - third of the food we produce is lost or goes to waste — and while 800 million
people go
hungry every day, the weight loss industry generates revenue of about $ 60 billion
per year in the U.S. alone.
According to CSIR studies, 13 million
people go
hungry every day, 20 % of households are food insecure, South Africans throw away almost 10 million tonnes of food
per year (more than the UK), 30 % of all agricultural production ends up as waste to landfill, and the total cost of food waste is estimated at R61.5 billion
per year.