How wasted food adds to global warming

Not only is wasting food a bad habit but it also can lead to global warming. Kumar Venkat found that over 135 million tons of greenhouse gases are from wasted food every year and the average family is responsible for about 1800 pounds a year.

The article also provides staggering statistics about the amount of food we actually waste every year. One crazy statistic found that we waste about 35% of the fish, fruit, and poultry we produce every year.

Take a look!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/10/07/141123243/how-that-food-you-throw-out-is-linked-to-global-warming