Wasting Two Tons Of Food Per Second

Guardian UK: From field to fork: the six stages of wasting food - Americans chuck out two tonnes of food a second – be it at the farm for being ‘ugly’ or at the table because we’re too finicky by Suzanne Goldenberg

The watermelon with the brown slasher marks on the rind. The cauliflower stained yellow in the sun. The peach that lost its blush before harvest. Any of those minor imperfections - none of which affect taste or quality or shelf life - can doom a crop right there.