Food goes to waste amid coronavirus crisis

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The problem isn’t a shortage of food and commodities. If anything, food waste is becoming a bigger issue as traditionally big, bulk buyers — like college dorms and restaurant chains — suddenly stop receiving deliveries. As a result, millions of gallons of milk are being dumped, and farmers have no alternative but to turn fresh vegetables into mulch.

 

He started dumping his tomatoes. Nearby farmers are doing the same with zucchini and yellow squash, which now fetches market prices far below the cost of picking and packing.

“They’re cutting their squash every day and throwing it on the ground, hoping the market will turn around,” Alderman said.

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So sad for all the effort put on growing the crops up until harvest only to dump the crop