Food Tech’s Environmental Effect

Of all of the disadvantages of inefficiencies in kitchen management, none has a bigger negative environmental and economic impact as food waste. Discarded foods end up in landfills, contributing to pollution and global warming and resources and energy used to grow and manufacture the food also contributes significantly to our carbon footprint.

The most significant way that food tech is affecting the amount of food waste is through creating better inventory management systems.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 30 to 40 percent of the food supply in the US is made up of food waste and about 133 billion pounds of food from stores, restaurants and homes was wasted in 2010. In an effort to combat this environmental impact, many food technology advancements are geared toward reducing food waste.

The most significant way that food tech is affecting the amount of food waste is through creating better inventory management systems because whether it is a personal or professional…