Food Lost Before It Reaches the Table: A Climate Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight

In the San region of Mali, 191 women grow tens of thousands of kilograms of shallots and onions each year. Between 30 and 40% of that harvest rots before it is ever eaten, not because of drought or disease, but because there is nowhere to store it. This is not just a poverty problem. It is an environmental crisis.

Food & AgriculturePost-Harvest Food LossInadequate Food StoragePoor Crop Preservation

Common GoodStewardship of CreationPoverty AlleviationDignity of WorkSubsidiarity

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paolagWho really pays the price when food rots, the farmer who grew it, or the market that never waited?1 answer · 0 comments

paolagWhat do we call a system where the people who grow the food are the ones who go hungry?1 answer · 0 comments

paolagEvery time a consumer buys cheap produce, someone somewhere absorbed the real cost. Is that a transaction, or a relationship we have chosen not to see?1 answer · 0 comments

Food Lost Before It Reaches the Table: A Climate Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight

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