Times of plenty, hunger and waste
The Torah was very clear at Harvest time: leave the edges of your fields for others to glean, rest the land and from your bounty tithe for the benefit of the poor (Leviticus 19:9-10 and 23:22). The Law honoured God by honouring others and honouring Creation.
Globally each year, we waste one third of all the food we grow. This amounts to:
• 30% cereal food losses – in industrialised countries this is the equivalent of 763 billion boxes of pasta;
• 45% fruit and vegetable losses – the equivalent of 3.7 trillion…
