Week 6, Day 2 ELA

"Hundreds of farmers and grocers have signed up for the service, and thousands of people have signed up for alerts. In the first year, about 1 million servings of food were saved." (paragraph 4)

"Recently it partnered with the city of Elk Grove, near Sacramento, California, to launch the city's own community exchange app. There, students at Foulks Ranch School who had studied food waste got involved." (paragraph 5)

"Sometimes stores will reject a truckload of fruit or vegetables because of its appearance-apples are too small, carrots too crooked, tomatoes too ripe." (paragraph 7)

"Currently, charities depend mainly on volunteers to collect and distribute food, hoping to create jobs in food recovery and make it sustainable." (paragraph 8)

Resources used on growing foods that become trash could be used for crop protections instead.

Excess fertilizer used on growing unwanted fruits and vegetables contaminates surrounding water streams.

Washing unwanted produce wastes water that could be saved.

Food rotting in landfills creates methane gas that contributes to global warming.