After decades of decline, global hunger is on the rise again. In 2019,
A booming population isn’t expected to help matters. By 2050, there will be around 10 billion people on the planet. In order to feed everyone, food production will need to increase by 60 per cent.
Food waste calculations around the world present a contradictory picture - one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted through unsustainable means. In the EU, this number is around 20 per cent. Domestic households are responsible for more than half of that waste, and the onus is on our individual actions to address this problem.