According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 13 percent of the world’s food is lost in the supply chain from post-harvest prior to retail. In times of rising hunger levels and increasing pressure on earth’s resources, that is a fact that is hard to digest.
Is there a way around? A way to make sure that carefully produced food commodities actually do make it to retail after harvest? It is International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, so today, but actually every day, we reflect on the question how food loss and waste can be reduced.
Passionate farmers devote a great deal of care, time and attention to creating a high-quality product, peanuts for instance. However, once the carefully grown crop has been harvested, packed and sent off for shipment from the country of origin, whatever happens during transit is completely out of the shipper’s control. During transport and long-term storage, the commodity faces a big risk of quality decrease or even loss due to insect infestation, mould growth and oxidation. Conventional packaging methods using kraft paper, cardboard sheets, jute bags and desiccants do not contribute enough to solving the problem.
So, to answer the question: yes, there is a way around! A way around food loss and waste in the form of a solution that contributes to making sure that these peanuts, whether raw or processed, whether freshly harvested or in storage, do make it to retail. An organic one even.
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