COLUMN: We need gleaning in the US
By
Rachel Miller
· Wednesday, July 20,2016 6:54 p.m.
In response to a food shortage, Spain recently started a ‘gleaning’ movement to harvest the imperfect fruits and vegetables as opposed to harvesting only the immaculate looking produce. Considering Europe wastes around 88 million tons of food, about 143 billion euros worth, per year, this is an excellent plan.
