Over the past two decades , food waste and obesity have nearly doubled at equal rates . The average food plate size expanded by 36 % between 1960 and 2007 . In Canada more than 17.5 million pounds of food is thrown out every month . 50 percent of all food produced on the planet goes in the trash .
Over the past two decades , food waste and obesity have nearly doubled at equal rates . The average dinner plate size expanded by 36 percent between 1960 and 2007 . In Canada more than 17.5 million kilograms of food is thrown out every month . 50 percent of all food produced on the planet goes in the trash .