Rosa Caramez wrote an opinion article about food waste, arguing that throwing food away is a daily choice that has an impact on the world. The author explains that waste does not happen by chance, but results from decisions such as letting fruit go bad, serving more food than one can eat, or throwing away parts of vegetables that could be used.
Each grain of rice in the trash also represents the water used in cultivation, the fuel for transportation, and the farmer's labor. In a world where many people go hungry, wasting food is described as an avoidable mistake.
The article presents simple suggestions to avoid waste: buying only what's needed with a shopping list, properly storing food so it lasts longer, and repurposing meal leftovers by discovering new ways to use peels and stems.
The Food Bank Against Hunger of the Algarve is presented as an entity with the main mission of combating food waste, receiving products from distributors and producers through Food Rescue and the Safe Food Program, and distributing them to partner institutions throughout the Algarve.
