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Should the government invest in programs to reduce food waste?

Food waste programs aim to reduce the amount of edible food that is discarded. Proponents argue that it would improve food security and reduce environmental impact. Opponents argue that it is not a priority and that the responsibility should lie with individuals and businesses.

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Yes
19%
No
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19%
No

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 @9SGS2K2 from Kansas  answered…10mos10MO

Yes, and the government should losen regulations on soup kitchens and other food services to allow more food to be donated.

 @9RRTSC9 from Minnesota  answered…11mos11MO

Yes, all the food waste from school, Healthcare industry, Corrections facilities, should go to the non-corporate Farms to produce fertilizer and feed the pigs.

 @9S9H4SS from Georgia  answered…11mos11MO

No, if the food is natural and not laced with chemicals and preservatives, then food waste is not a problem.

 @9MJXYWB from New Jersey  answered…1yr1Y

No, however there should be regulations on companies regarding food waste.

 @B5Y64NL from Arizona  answered…3 days3D

Yes, give the poor, homeless, working, working poor, middle and high middle class the food at the end of the day. Well, to everyone. Food, water, drink should be free. Subsidize it fully.

 @PoliticalBlonde  from Texas  answered…2wks2W

Yes, instead of the millions of dollars of food that is discarded by big corporations, their should be a system where the food is donated to the public as long as expiration dates have not passed

 @B5S69QZ from California  answered…3wks3W

No, deregulate the industry, a law meant to encourage donation of the food combined with lawsuits unironically led to the current situation where employers and employees have to throw out food. Especially restaurants.

 @B2SZWC9 from California  answered…5mos5MO

Food processing and reduction needs to be overhauled with computerized data management and systems down to one's need for nutrition. We live in an era of absolute abundance there should not be any food waste.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…12mos12MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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