Re:Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research ...
by kazinator on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @11:15AM
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> scarred vegetables regularly abandoned in the field to save the expense and labour involved in harvest.
So what? Most plants on the planet's surface are "abandoned in the field".
Where I live, there are vast areas of blackberry bush. Most of it is not picked by humans. Oh, the annual waste!
These vegetables will help fertilize the next crop. It's just not yield-efficient use of the agricultural surface area, that's all.
There is an opportunity for someone who can figure out how to grow perfect vegetables: they can make as much profit using a small fraction of the farm size.
So what? Most plants on the planet's surface are "abandoned in the field".
Where I live, there are vast areas of blackberry bush. Most of it is not picked by humans. Oh, the annual waste!
These vegetables will help fertilize the next crop. It's just not yield-efficient use of the agricultural surface area, that's all.
There is an opportunity for someone who can figure out how to grow perfect vegetables: they can make as much profit using a small fraction of the farm size.