Posted on 02/24/2014 6:18:09 PM PST by orwell2112
WASHINGTON — (TG) “Let’s Move!,” the anti-obesity campaign launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, is rushing to the defense of Americans in the wake of a shameful study by the Department of Agriculture revealing that despite a raging epidemic of obesity that shows no sign of abating, nearly one third of the food produced in the U.S. ends up in the trash rather than in one of the nation’s 316 million ever-expanding stomachs.
That stacks up to 33 million tons – worth an estimated $161 billion and containing a staggering 141 trillion calories of energy – discarded each year.
While some say such waste is disgraceful in light of issues like hunger and limited landfill space, “Let’s Move!” called the profligacy inspirational and vowed to incorporate food waste into its anti-obesity campaign.
“Here we were trying to get people to do hard stuff like plant gardens and play football, and then we read this story and thought: ‘Just throw your food away – what a novel idea!’” said Hillary Roughnutt, a spokesperson for “Let’s Move!”
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Chickens will consume the goat milk, too.
I predict that the War on Obesity will be at least as successful as the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs. Government, is there nothing it can’t do?
We are going to try that as soon as it gets above freezing, but they get about 3-5 gallons a day on the 4H goats.
Sorry, but I will not eat Brussel sprouts... I will not and Obama can’t make me...
Naaaaah!!!
Some countries won’t take our food because of the genetically modified sources.
If only the government could put a dollar tax on each of those wasted calories! < /MichelleMaoMovement >
Yes, but it’s getting harder and harder to tell ...
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