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"Im Here Because I Care" .....A 10 Year Old's Speech
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/06/18650019.php
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working for Limbaugh or Beck 
- It's really something when children must shame their elders into doing what is right, because they won't.
Especially when the hungry could easily live off just what we waste......
CAPITALISM WARPS EVERYTHING
According to a study published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Americans waste about 40% of all food produced in the United States. It is also estimated that 70% of all fresh water consumption in the US is attributed to the agricultural production; which means that food waste alone accounts for one quarter of ALL the water consumed within the US. Furthermore, given that the average farm requires 3 kcal of fossil fuel energy to produce 1 kcal of food (before accounting for energy requirements of food processing and transportation) wasted food accounts for roughly 300 million barrels of oil per year. link
[font size=1]References:
• Hall KD, Guo J, Dore M, Chow CC, “The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact,” National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 4, Iss. 11, (2009), 1.
• Postel SL, Daily GC, Ehrlich PR. Human appropriation of renewable fresh water. Science. 1996;271: 785–788.
• Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Reed GW, Peters JC. Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? Science. 2003;299: 853–855.
• Horrigan L, Lawrence RS, Walker P. How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2002;110:445–456.
According to a study published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Americans waste about 40% of all food produced in the United States. It is also estimated that 70% of all fresh water consumption in the US is attributed to the agricultural production; which means that food waste alone accounts for one quarter of ALL the water consumed within the US. Furthermore, given that the average farm requires 3 kcal of fossil fuel energy to produce 1 kcal of food (before accounting for energy requirements of food processing and transportation) wasted food accounts for roughly 300 million barrels of oil per year. link
[font size=1]References:
• Hall KD, Guo J, Dore M, Chow CC, “The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact,” National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 4, Iss. 11, (2009), 1.
• Postel SL, Daily GC, Ehrlich PR. Human appropriation of renewable fresh water. Science. 1996;271: 785–788.
• Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Reed GW, Peters JC. Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? Science. 2003;299: 853–855.
• Horrigan L, Lawrence RS, Walker P. How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2002;110:445–456.