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Ten Myths of Food Waste and HungerMaria Rose Belding
MEANS Database
www.meansdatabase.org
Myth #1: Famine = Food Insecurity
famine (actually about food)
food insecurity
(priorities problem)
Myth #2: Hunger has root causes.
Poverty
Housing
Instability
Policy
Public transportation/infrastructure
Mental Illness
Gender Inequity
Domestic Violence
Addiction
Educational Failure
Young
Parenthood
Trauma
Discrimination
Unemployment
Medical Crisis
Economic Downturn
Lack of Opportunity
Disability
Low wages/limited work hours
Eviction
Childcare AccessIncarceration
Debt
Healthcare
Financial Literacy Nutrition
Inaccessible Banking Services/High Fees
Ineligibility for Public Benefits Identity
Myth #3: Food waste is a global problem.
67% total meat
waste
2013 Meat Waste per UN Data 2013
13% world’s
population
High-Income
Economies
Myth #4: If we can’t eat it, we can’t use it.
Myth #5: If you try to rescue food, you’ll get sued.
Myth #6: Throwing away batteries is worse than food.
Myth #7: We know how much food we waste.
USDA: $161 billion NRDC: $165 billion (how do you lose 4 billion dollars??)
Myth #8: We can fix Somalia from South Carolina.
Myth #9: It’s always as easy as finding the nearest food bank.
42%Wrong Phone Numbers Across 10,000+ Calls
A Bar + An Anti-Vaccine Advocacy Group + A Confederate History Museum + A London Escort Service
Central Connecticut
Average
Central New Mexico
17.5% 42.7% 66.0%
Wrong numbers.
Myth #10: We can’t fix it.
20 staff, interns and volunteers
on 7 campuses
Questions? www.meansdatabase.org
mariarose@meansdatabase.com
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