just eat it, a food waste story, in which filmmakers examine how all that food gets wasted from the farm where it s grown to the supermarket to our very own kitchens and what we can all do about it. they try quitting the grocery store completely and living on on food that s, discarded. seeking slightly more practical solutions, i talked with tom colicchio who met me for a chat in the today show kitchen. i think food waste, i think, hey, like i did throw something out that went bad in my fridge. we re all guilty of that. before we sort of mine our own guilt let s talk about what other people are doing wrong, because that s more fun. how do we get waste before we even get to the store. i think the one issue is that we re so used to looking for fruits and vegetables that are really perfect and beautiful. and so if there s a bruise, if it s the wrong size, it either doesn t get out of the field or it doesn t get through the packer. if a packer is looking to pack zucchini, they
people think the environmental problems are about smokestacks, about roads, about factories, about cities and concrete. and for sure, those are significant. but if you look at the earth from the sky, what you see is fields. and it is there that we have had the biggest impact. wasting a third of the land in all of that energy that we currently use by wasting the food that we ve produced is one of the most gratuitous aspects of human culture, as it stands today. when you throw out the slightly off produce in your fridge, it s probably going to end up in a landfill, where it will sit, indefinitely, decomposing and sending methane gas into the atmosphere. if you consider that 40% of all the food in this country that s grown goes to waste, a truly astounding number, that adds up to a lot of methane. something to think about on this earth day. tonight at 10:00, msnbc is airing the new documentary, just eat it, a food waste story, in which filmmakers examine how all that food gets
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meat and dairy product than you do your vegetable garden. just last night, i was at a barbecue and there were all these extra hamburgers. for each one of those hambergers, the water that went into producing it is equivalent to taking a 90-minute shower. that is a clip from a documentary just eat it. a food waste story which premiers tomorrow night on msnbc at this hour. the biggest contributor of methane into our atmosphere in the united states is our cow population and virtually every policy proposal for limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the united states is cows are rarely included as part of the problem. tonight, president obama is said he is hoping to increase our cow population. we produce food better than anybody else does. and other countries want it. but in order for to us be able to sell our beef in japan, we ve
missouri. tuesday night three new city council members were sworn in, including two americans, for the first time in the city s history, half the seats are occupied by african-american. the three say their top priority is to bring healing to the community. other goals include more town hall meetings hiring new police officers, and a municipal judge for the city. finally, william shatner is trying to fight the drought through crowd funding. the actor told yahoo! he s launching a kick starter campaign to raise $30 billion to build a water pipeline. ordered a 25% reduction in statewide water use earlier this month. up next, what would you do if your toddler daughter insisted on living life as a boy? nbc s kate snow has the story, lots of questions how we view gender identity. first, a quick reminder, don t miss tonight s special just eat it, a food waste story at 10:00 p.m. eastern.