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Potato Farmer buries 1.4 million pounds of Potatoes during Covid.
We surely can do better.
This headline caught my attention. I started to read about the terrible waste caused by Covid. Governments don't really talk about this stuff. Priorities are so skewed in Government these days. All governments. Equally media is so small minded and sensationalist. What constitutes “news” these days would only be found in a 10 cent tabloid a few years ago.
While millions starve across the planet. It is estimated that 10-billion pounds of potato has been dumped in the USA alone. Potatoes that were destined for the foodservice industry – restaurants, cruise liners, hotels etc. which are now sitting closed because of Covid, and cannot take the produce. And it’s not just potatoes, obviously. Think of anything used in the food service industry and it’s being dumped by the tons.
How can this be happening in a modern intelligent “Global” world, you ask? Great question.
I guess the simple answer is either nobody is thinking outside the box, or it’s not financially viable to get involved. But whichever it is, it is a crime against humanity. Its a blight on human intelligence.
The United Nations spends millions of dollars on meetings and summits such as the G7, G8, G20 or DAVOS etc. Yet it can’t resolve a potato glut…
