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Saving Food
Tristram Stuart is a National Geographic Explorer. He hopes to reduce the amount of food waste around the world. He's trying to get supermarkets, farms, and shops to give their unsold food to charity.
A. (🎧2-48) Listen. Circle the correct answers.
1. One-third of food produced (is / is not) eaten.
2. Supermarkets waste food because they only sell food that (comes from farms / looks nice).
3. Volunteers go to food businesses and farms to (collect their extra food / record their food waste).
4. Feeding the 5000 reduces food waste by giving the food to (hungry people / other countries).
B. Look at the diagram. It shows the amount of food produced in the United States. What do people waste the most? Why do you think this is?
Consumed 69%
Dairy 7%
Fruit 6%
Grain 6%
Meat 5%
Vegetables 7%
CRITICAL THINKING Does food wastage also happen at home? How does food get wasted?
