Feast for some, famine for many this Christmas
At least 30% of SA's food is wasted - while people starve
Christmas is so close you can almost taste the mountains of food.
But our inclination for meals with "seven colours" and a culture of cooking for the unexpected guest is compromising the country's food security and contributing to the 10million tons of food wasted annually.
The problem was highlighted this week at the International Conference on Global Food Security in Cape Town, which was told that more than half the population is food insecure despite South Africa being a net food exporter.
At least 30% of locally produced food is wasted, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, whose head of waste research, Suzan Oelofse, said meals with a greater variety of foods often resulted in more waste - during preparation and through food not being eaten...
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