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Efforts to Reduce Food Waste in the World

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On June 2, NHK (Japan’s national public TV channel) aired a program about Second Harvest Japan’s efforts to salvage edible food that would otherwise go to waste. While Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is only 39 percent, more than 30 percent … Continued

Two Unfortunate ‘One-Thirds’

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By Yusuke Wada Recently, one of my collegues at Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)wrote an article about food waste and food banking in Japan. She mentioned the one-third rule in her article. Being in the food-banking field, I often hear in … Continued