food waste persuasive essay

Food waste is the symptom, not the problem

Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London

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Foundation essay: This article on food waste by Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University London , is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the UK. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look at key issues affecting society.

Modern societies have a problem with waste. The entire economy is wasteful, a distortion of needs and wants. It overproduces and we under-consume - that’s what the current financial crisis is about. Debt was dangled in front of us urging us to consume. Then when the debt mirage evaporated, crashing us back to reality, consumption nosedived. Meanwhile the public sector is being cut to bail out the banking debt. Result: human waste in the form of unemployment, squeezed wages, uncertainty, rising inequalities.

In food, the lunacy of this situation is visible even more starkly than in economics. In nature, there’s no waste. When an apple or fruit or leaves fall from a tree in the woods, the rotting process folds back the embedded energy and matter, dissolving the “waste” into other lifeforms - worms, insects, microbes - which replenish the soil. If I drop an apple in the city, it sits on the tarmac as waste, a potential problem for someone to attend to.

At a large scale, this illustrates our societal problem with food. The food system overproduces, wraps food in packaging, embeds energy, chucks away mountains of usable food, and produces food residues. All this is done on such a massive scale that the waste we’ve made is too dangerous even to feed to pigs, one traditional solution.

The food industry is aware of its waste problem. The voluntary Courtauld Commitment , struck in 2005, has cut millions of tonnes of household and supply chain food and packaging waste – savings worth billions of pounds. Its third phase aims further to chip away at the estimated seven million tonnes of food thrown away each year. But still the waste keeps piling up – why? Because waste is not the problem; it is the symptom.

Organisations like Wrap and its “ Love Food, Hate Waste ” campaign have spent more than a decade arguing that food waste is an iniquity that should be stamped out. Their argument is that waste is inefficient. It is. But politicians and scientific advisers said the same thing in the 1920s and 1930s. Then, waste was associated poor storage on farms that left crops to rot. If only we cut that waste, scientists at the time argued, we could feed the world. They argued persuasively that better storage, refrigeration and transport could help, alongside massive investment in newer farming techniques and technologies, particularly fertilisers and mechanisation.

The food revolution they designed worked. After the Second World War food supply increased. Farm waste dropped. But so remarkable was the food revolution right down the food supply chain that the combination of economic signals (such as price), product standardisation, marketing, consumer de-skilling and consumer demand have created an over-supply situation where in much of the developing world “old style” farm waste continues, but in the developed world – our world – “new” waste proliferates. No wonder policymakers are both latching onto the issue today (it suits the moral agenda) and find it difficult to sort out.

Two Worlds of Waste

There’s one new feature in all this, which threatens the neo-liberal market agenda. Consumers are being subtly blamed. The customer who was sovereign is now wasteful. Privately, many in the food industry know consumer behaviour patterns must change as climate change and other long-term drivers kick in. But no one is saying that overtly yet, except some academic critics and civil society campaigners. In truth, society is not clear about what it wants from its food.

In the developing world, consumers waste very little. When your entire society is poor, you conserve and manage resources. But in our rich societies, characterised by resource wealth – cars, housing, infrastructure - even if you are cash poor, the entire food culture is factored around waste. It’s rightly pointed out that it’s wrong to blame consumers for buying too much bagged salad or throwing food away if the label carries an unrealistic best-before date, or if consumers aren’t taught how to cook, if supermarkets peddle BOGOF deals and price offers, and if the entire food sector spends hundreds of millions on advertising. Which confectionery firm doesn’t entice kids to consume by their clever games and interactions? The result: health waste.

It’s no wonder the entire food economy is a mess. There’s a structured mismatch between production, consumption, environment, health and social values. The simple principle of recycling waste back into nature becomes a heroic task.

The result is that avoidable waste - such as crops rotting in the field, pest infestations, lack of infrastructure and investment – is as prevalent now in 2013 in the developing world as it was in the rich world of the 1930s. Africa, given the right investment, could raise output many times over, although climate change, water stress and geopolitical turmoil add uncertainties. Meanwhile, in the rich world hypermarkets are awash with a dizzying variety of food, at unprecedentedly low prices. But here too, uncertainties loom: farmers and their land are squeezed in a contractual lock-in to the giant retailers who gate-keep the system. And bad diet now adds spiralling healthcare costs to economies.

The cost versus the value of food

Britain has a peculiar variant of this general problem. It is a parasitic food state. Britons live quite a lot off other people’s land and resources and grow less than 60% of the food we eat, according to Defra’s latest UK agricultural statistics . The gap between what the UK imports and exports is now a huge £19.4 billion annual deficit. That means a lot of other exports have to be made and sold abroad to pay to feed ourselves - food like fruit and veg which we could and should grow. Our land use is bizarre. An estimated 40% of cereals grown on prime land is fed to animals to make cheap meat. Animals are poor converters. Meat ought to be exceptional food not ubiquitous. The burgerisation of food culture is systemic waste.

This is all complex. There are no easy messages in this analysis. But that’s what political processes ought to sort out. By any terms, the current food system is unsustainable, but the implications are immense. After 70 years of investing in one food system, we now need to rapidly change - this is both an economic and cultural challenge. As a society, whereas once we were aware of the worth of our food, now it has become ubiquitous fuel. we never stop eating and thus wasting. It’s everywhere – any 500 yard stretch along a city street will take you past dozens of feeding stations. Bad food joints circle schools, targeting kids, setting expectations. Media pour out messages: buy me, eat me, like me. The problem is that when something becomes cheap or ubiquitous, it gets abused and taken for granted.

Back to that apple on the tarmac. WRAP and its Courtauld Commitments follow some heroic work done over the last 25 years by small civil society organisations and pioneering local authorities to introduce and mainstream municipal composting, trying to complete the ecological cycle. But these efforts are not mainstreamed, and mass food systems turn a simple biological cycle into Byzantine complexity. This isn’t helped by lack of political cohesion from government, which is happy for initiatives to make the food system more sustainable to remain at arms’ length. The food system needs firm and clear frameworks and goals, and not just a focus on one aspect - waste - as though it can be separated from the rest. Regulations can work - the EU landfill tax worked, levelling the playing field and penalising those manufacturers and consumers who don’t care what happens to their product after they’ve used it.

The good thing about the food waste issue is that it raises fundamental questions. One is about costs. Since the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, the pursuit of cheaper food has been hard-wired into British politics. Bringing prices down from when working class households spent 50% of income on food enabled people to eat better. But now we over-eat.

Back in the 19th century, manufacturers wanted cheap food to get cheap labour, food being a factor in labour costs. Now, we need to ask how cheap is cheap? If cheap food encourages unhealthy eating, and dumps costs on the environment and healthcare, is it cheap? If a food system is as wasteful as ours, what does that tell us? Blaming consumers for waste is like saying “We have the right food system, just the wrong consumers.” But of course, blaming consumers is much easier for politicians than fixing a broken system.

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Finding Solutions to Food Waste: Persuasion in a Digital World

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Students explore the problem of food waste using electronic and traditional modalities. They begin by tracking food waste in the school cafeteria. Then they examine the waste on a larger scale, using multimodal resources and applying metacognitive reading strategies. Considering radical and basic solutions to the problem, students plan persuasive arguments and create blog posts appropriate to their purpose and audience. By interacting with videos, blogs, and online articles, students become more flexible and confident in this emerging area of literacy, learning not only to access and analyze, but also to produce and publish persuasive text in a multimodal environment.

Featured Resources

• ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map : Students use this interactive to help analyze and deconstruct persuasive arguments and to plan their own blog posts.
• TED Video Talk: Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects? : This video shows students how a persuasive argument can be presented in a different format than words on the page.
• Food Waste Basics : This website gives students an overview of food waste in the United States.

From Theory to Practice

• Researchers agree that multimodal literacy should become a standard part of literacy curriculums.
• Students should be exposed to multiple texts that evoke emotional responses and tap into popular culture.
• There is a correlation between overall dispositions toward reading on the Internet and online reading comprehension ability.
• Positive interactions with online text lead to successful online readers who are able to manage complex texts with confidence and flexibility.

Common Core Standards

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State Standards

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NCTE/IRA National Standards for the English Language Arts

• 1. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
• 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
• 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
• 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
• 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
• 7. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
• 8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
• 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
• 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Materials and Technology

• Computers with Internet access
• LCD projector and screen
• The Art of Persuasive Writing PowerPoint presentation
• Persuasion Map (click on “Print Blank Map”)
• Cafeteria Waste Activity Sheet
• Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer (student version)
• Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer (teacher version)
• Research Guide
• Waste Not, Want Not (Note that this blog is formatted as a PDF for easy classroom use; ideally though, it should be posted to your class website or blog for students to access rather than handed out.)
• Persuasive Blog Rubric
• Metacognitive Strategies Chart

Preparation

• At least one week ahead of time, set up and test student blogs. Students should be divided into blogging communities of eight to ten members so that they are not overwhelmed by having to read and respond to too many blogs. If you feel you need a refresher about using student blogs, refer to the resources at Setting Up Student Blogs by Kathleen Morris.
• Copy and paste the  Waste Not, Want Not blog on to your class webpage or blog, or print it and make a copy for each student.
• On your teacher website, create links to the ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map , TED Talk: Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects? , Food Facts: Your Scraps Add Up , Food Waste Basics , and the student blog you choose so students can access them quickly and efficiently.
• Prepare the  Metacognitive Strategies Chart to share with the class, either in hard copy or with your LCD projector.
• Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer
• Persuasion Map (if you do not plan to have students use the RWT interactive option for Session 5, click on “Print Blank Map” to make print copies)
• Schedule computer lab time for Sessions 3, 4, 5 (optional), 7, and 8. Decide whether more than nine sessions should be prepared, based on the level of scaffolding needed for student mastery and the grade level taught; plan for any additional sessions.

Student Objectives

Students will

• Develop research skills by conducting a brief investigation of food waste in the school cafeteria
• Analyze and evaluate persuasive techniques by deconstructing a persuasive argument from an audio/visual source and online resources
• Apply metacognitive reading strategies to understand written text
• Identify facts and supporting arguments in online articles to answer specific research questions
• Develop persuasive arguments supported by evidence gleaned from research
• Apply persuasive argument techniques by creating a blog post that includes a thesis and quality arguments appropriate to the writer’s purpose and electronic audience

Presession: Waste in the Cafeteria Survey

• Assign students to conduct a personal survey of the amount of food they throw away each day at lunch using the Cafeteria Waste Activity Sheet .
• After five days of data collection, divide students into groups of three to five. Have them compile and analyze the information they have collected by determining the overall percentage of food wasted over the last five days.
• Have each group of students synthesize their findings into a pie chart that can be displayed. Have the class draw conclusions about the findings as they examine the charts. Collect students’ activity sheets for assessment.

Session 1: PowerPoint Presentation

• Teach persuasion basics using The Art of Persuasive Writing PowerPoint presentation , having students take notes. Use the presentation notes included at the bottom of some of the slides to guide your discussion. Stop frequently to allow students to share their own examples of persuasive speech. Presentation highlights include types of persuasive speech, elements of the persuasive essay, and persuasive vocabulary like logos, pathos, ethos, and counterarguments.

Session 2: Analysis/Deconstruction of the Persuasive Argument in Video Format

• Watch TED Talk: Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects? as a class.
• As they watch the video, have students take notes using the Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer .
• After watching the video, discuss the presenter’s purpose and intended audience with students.
• Have students use their notes to fill in the ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map , identifying the thesis and major supporting arguments. Collect their notes organizers for assessment.

Sessions 3–4: Research (computer days)

• Set a purpose for reading the following articles: Food Facts: Your Scraps Add Up , Food Waste Basics , and the  Waste Not, Want Not blog. Review what students know about food waste.
• Review the four metacognitive strategies in the Metacognitive Strategies Chart : connect, question, infer, and evaluate. Remind students to preview the articles by reading the titles, examining the graphics, and reading the captions.
• Have students explore the online articles for answers to the food waste problem. Briefly model the process of collecting information from the online articles.
• Have students record their findings on the Research Guide .

Session 5: Developing Thesis and Arguments (optional computer day)

• Briefly model the process of developing a single, focused thesis and arguments from the Research Guide . Some students may want to tackle all of the issues discovered in their research, so you should provide the necessary scaffolding as students work to narrow their focus. (Please note that the focus of  Waste Not, Want Not is reducing food waste at home; however, students should be free to choose any food waste topic from their research when writing their own blogs.)
• Have students develop a thesis and arguments for their own blog post, offering persuasive solutions to the waste problem. Students should refer to facts from the Research Guide to craft their arguments.
• Have students consider the appropriate tone for their electronic audience. Since students are addressing their own academic community about a social issue, the tone should be thoughtful and insightful. Caution students to avoid informal or flippant remarks.
• Students may use the  ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map to plan their blog. If a computer lab is not available, students may use a hard-copy persuasion map instead (click on “Print Blank Map” on the interactive page).
• Have students print out their work at the end of the session. Collect both the Research Guide and the Persuasion Map for assessment.

Session 6: Writing the Rough Draft

• Hand out and explore the Persuasive Blog Rubric . Explain to students that assessment for the remaining sessions is ongoing, based on the rubric, and culminates in each student publishing a blog post and two responses.
• Model applying the Persuasive Blog Rubric to the mentor text, Waste Not, Want Not . Ask students to identify the thesis statement and supporting arguments. Extend the discussion by having students evaluate the quality of each blog post argument and whether or not the author has successfully tailored those arguments to an electronic audience.
• Have students apply what they have learned by writing the initial draft of their blog. Students should write about a topic from their research that interested them. For example, they could write about the costs of meat production, how restaurants can reduce waste, or how food waste contributes to rising methane levels.

Session 7: Revising and Publishing Persuasive Blogs (computer day)

• Have students evaluate their blog post drafts using the Persuasive Blog Rubric . Students may work in pairs or as individuals. Have students check to make sure each blog post includes a thesis statement, supporting arguments, and a well-developed conclusion; has an appropriate academic tone; and is free of convention errors.
• Have students revise based on self-evaluation and, if working in pairs, peer feedback.
• Have students publish blog posts.

Sessions 8–9: Response and Reflection (computer day)

• Briefly review the  Persuasive Blog Rubric for the response criteria.
• Display the  Metacognitive Strategies Chart on the board, and discuss how the strategies lead to insightful responses that further the blogging conversations.
• Examine the blog post responses in Waste Not, Want Not . As a class, rate each response according to the criteria outlined in the Persuasive Blog Rubric, identifying the responses that are insightful and further the conversation. Brainstorm other possible responses.
• Have students read at least two other student blogs and respond to each.
• Circulate around the room to check for student understanding and response quality. Scaffold and support students by offering specific feedback. Look for evidence that students are crafting well-thought-out responses by making connections, questioning, inferring, and/or evaluating.
• Review each student’s blog posts and responses, and evaluate them according to the Persuasive Blog Rubric.
• Have students plan a “No Waste” class party.
• Find and deconstruct another TED Talk video about reducing waste or recycling.
• Have students organize a cafeteria waste reduction program for your school.
• Start a class blog or online forum where students can share their ideas about another community or school issue.
• Create an advertisement for the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
• Open the EPA’s Food Waste Basics and follow the link at the top of the page titled, “Source Reduction/Prevention.” Scroll down to “Source Reduction and Prevention Success Stories.” Have students plan a campaign for your community, and express their ideas in a letter to the editor of the local newspaper.

Student Assessment / Reflections

• Review the Cafeteria Waste Activity Sheet to assess student research and investigation skills.
• Review the Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer to assess student understanding of persuasive techniques.
• Review the Research Guide to assess student ability to apply metacognitive reading strategies to comprehend, identify facts and supporting arguments, and answer specific reading questions.
• Review the ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map (interactive or hard copy) to assess each student’s ability to craft a well-supported, persuasive argument.
• Use the Persuasive Blog Rubric to assess student ability to apply persuasive argument techniques in a blog post and responses written for an electronic audience.
• Informal assessment is ongoing as you and each student conference throughout the process of doing research, developing arguments, and creating the blog post.
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Food waste: a global problem that undermines healthy diets

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A lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world, the UN said on Tuesday, in an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that’s wasted.

 The call comes as the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) said that 17 per cent of all food available to consumers in 2019, ended up being thrown away.

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An additional 132 million people face food and nutrition insecurity today because of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO said, ahead of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste , on Wednesday 29 September.

Global problem

The problem of food waste is a global one and not limited to wealthy nations alone, said Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director of FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division Economic and Social Development Stream, speaking at a press conference in Geneva.

“Food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition are impacting every country in the world and no country is unaffected; 811 million people suffer hunger, two billion suffer micronutrient deficiencies – that’s vitamin and mineral deficiencies - and millions of children suffer stunting and wasting, deadly forms of under-nutrition.”

The FAO official warned that the high cost of “healthy” diets, meant that they were now “out of reach” of every region in the world, including Europe.

She also said that more countries needed to embrace innovation to reduce waste, such as new packaging that can prolong the shelf-life of many foods, while smartphone apps can bring consumers closer to producers, reducing the time between harvest and plate.

Repercussions of food waste

Reducing food loss and waste would improve agri-food systems and help towards achieving food security, food safety and food quality, all while delivering on nutritional outcomes.

According to FAO, it would also contribute “significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as pressure on land and water resources”.

With less than nine years left to reach Sustainable Development Goal ( SDG ) 12 on ensuring sustainable consumption, and target 12.3 to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels, there is an urgent need to accelerate action, up to the 2030 deadline.

Takeaways for action:

• Reducing food loss and waste, strengthens the sustainability of food systems and improves planetary health.
• Increasing the efficiency of food systems and reducing food loss and waste, requires investment in innovation, technologies and infrastructure.
• Composting food waste is better than sending it to a landfill, but preventing waste in the first place, lessens its impact on the environment.
• Maximizing the positive impacts of reducing food loss and waste, requires good governance and human capital development.

However, this requires national and local authorities along with businesses and individuals to prioritize actions in this direction and contribute to restoring and improving agri-food systems.

Fruit and veg

And with just three months to go, during this International Year of Fruits and Vegetables , FAO has reminded that produce provides human nutrition and food security while working to achieve the SDGs.

“In the current health crisis we are facing around the world, promoting healthy diets to strengthen our immune systems is especially appropriate”, FAO chief QU Dongyu said , kicking off the year last December.

He also noted that  food loss and waste  in the fruits and vegetables

sector remain a problem with considerable consequences, pointing out that “innovative technologies and approaches are of critical importance”, as they can help maintain safety and quality, “increasing the shelf life of fresh produce items and preserving their high nutritional value”.

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Food Insecurity and What We Can Do to Help Essay (Speech)

Introduction, works cited.

• General Purpose: To persuade
• Specific Purpose: To persuade listeners that the food insecurity issue is severe and that everyone can contribute to its solution.
• Time: ~ 8 min.
• Imagine a day when you have little strength and energy – you feel weakness and soreness – the feelings are rather unpleasant. Now imagine that you feel this discomfort and lack of strength every day.
• In a world where for many people, any food is within walking distance and abundantly presented on supermarket shelves, it is easy to forget how many people are still starving. Moreover, hunger in its usual understanding of lack of food is only part of the problem. Some families are forced to choose cheap and low-quality food, only worsening their health. This problem usually intersects with others – frequent diseases and chronic conditions, high medical expenses, moral oppression, and similar issues.
• Tie to the audience: This is not just a problem on remote continents about which reporters talk. People suffering from food insecurity can live in your community. Moreover, an irresponsible attitude and nature can lead to consequences for each of us.
• Thesis Statement: The problem of food insecurity today is not in the amount of food but its availability. It affects people’s life quality and social development, but there are several measures that each of us can take.
• Thus, I want to talk to you today about the very problem of food insecurity, its causes and consequences, and what individuals can do to help.

[Transition into the body of speech: I will begin with what is food security and insecurity and why it is so important.].

• Description of Problem: Food insecurity is “a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life” ( What is Food Insecurity? para. 2). Although the problem is closely related to hunger, this is a different concept since hunger refers to physical sensations, and insecurity refers to the lack of available resources and does not always imply hunger. Another phenomenon that helps to understand the problem better is food swamp – areas in which unhealthy food, such as fast food, is more accessible and common than a healthy one (Caspi para. 17).
• Besides the daily feeling of hunger or weakness, food insecurity negatively affects physical and mental health and development, especially in children.
• People experiencing food insecurity are more likely to suffer from chronic conditions such as diabetes, blood pressure problems, anemia, and similar issues ( Compromises and Coping Strategies para. 5). Without enough energy and health, they cannot improve their life quality.
• Example, Narrative, or Testimony: Quality food is an essential condition for maintaining a person’s intellectual and physical abilities.
• Extent of Problem: Some households often have a difficult choice between quality food and other vital needs.
• According to the United Nations, the number of people suffering from the problem in the world reaches 690 million inhabitants, or almost 9% ( Goal 2: Zero Hunger para. 1).
• In America, one in nine citizens experience food insecurity problems, equating to 37 million people, of which 11 million are children ( What is Food Insecurity? para. 1).
• More than 60% of American citizens facing food insecurity are forced to choose between food and utilities, healthcare, or transportation ( Compromises and Coping Strategies para 2). To save money, about 80% of affected people choose unhealthy food ( Compromises and Coping Strategies para. 4).
• At the same time, about 1.3 billion tonnes of food, a third of all food produced for people, is wasted every year (Depta para. 2).
• Who is Affected: Food insecurity can affect adults, children, people of different nationalities – all low-income citizens. It can be caused by economic instability, extreme weather events such as drought or flooding, armed conflicts, and similar problems ( Global Report on Food Crises 2021 para. 2-3).

Example/Narrative and/or Facts/Statistics: Nevertheless, the representation of the problem reflects the general picture of the population – African Americans and Hispanics suffer more (Caspi para. 14). Injustice is associated with general discriminatory practices and their consequences – difficulties accessing opportunities, lack of affordable housing, and other problems.

[Transition: As you can see, the reasons for food insecurity are deep, and states should devote part of their activities to its solution. However, each person can also take several measures to help improve the situation.]

Satisfaction

• How Solution Satisfies Need: A responsible attitude towards the environment will slow climate change, giving time to solve problems in the long term. Charity will have an effect in the short term, as it will provide the necessary resources to those who need them.
• How Solution can be Implemented: To take action, you need awareness of the problem and solutions and participation in charitable organizations’ work.
• Step 1 of Plan: Responsible attitude to the environment involves recycling, not pollution of nature, saving natural resources, and similar measures that everyone can learn.
• Step 2 of Plan: It is necessary to prevent the excessive purchase of food and its throwing out by planning meals and supporting local producers.
• Step 3 of Plan: Participation in charity can be different – volunteering or making donations. You only need to find suitable initiatives in your area using the Internet.

[Transition: Thus, you can start solving global problems with small steps but achieve great results.]

Visualization

• Describe Expected Results of Action: The more people learn about the problem and take action, the greater their effect. In particular, responsible food consumption and the purchase will reduce surplus production and use resources in less affluent areas. Taking care of the environment will also slow climate change. Finally, helping people get the nutrition necessary for a healthy life will improve the nation’s health and well-being.
• Describe Consequences of Inaction: If the problem is ignored, the number of people who do not receive the necessary nutrition will increase. Their oppressed condition will prevent them from showing their potential and talents and investing it in the development of society. Moreover, we contribute to inequality, discrimination, environmental degradation, and other related issues by ignoring the problem.

[Transition: In conclusion]

• Brakelight: In conclusion, as you see, the solution to global problems is the shared responsibility of each of us.
• Summary: I provided to you information about what food insecurity is, its danger, the reasons, and how to deal with it. The inaccessibility of quality food negatively affects people’s health and well-being and can be triggered by poverty, environmental disasters, inequality, and other causes.
• Tie Back to the Audience: Although it may seem that the responsibility lies with others – politicians, corporations, international organizations, everyone makes a choice – whether or not to help.
• Concluding Remarks:

CALL TO ACTION: I encourage you to be responsible in your lifestyle, help others and take care of your health.

Caspi, Caitlin. “What is Food Insecurity?” The Conversation , 2021, Web.

“Compromises and Coping Strategies.” Feeding America , Web.

Depta, Laura. “Global Food Waste and its Environmental Impact.” Reset , 2018, Web.

“Global Report on Food Crises 2021.” Reliefweb , 2021, Web.

“Goal 2: Zero Hunger.” United Nations , Web.

“What is Food Insecurity?” Hunger + Health , Web.

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Essay on Food Wastage for Students and Children in 1100 Words

In this article, we have published and Essay on Food Wastage for Students and Children in 1100 Words. It includes details about food wastage in India and Worldwide where it happens, effects, its solution with opinion.

So, lets start this persuasive essay on food wastage…

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Introduction (Essay on Food Wastage – 1100 Words)

In Indian culture, food has the status of respect, which is the reason it is viewed as a transgression to surrender or insolence food erroneously. However, in the visually impaired race of innovation, we have overlooked this ceremony of our own.

This is the reason that a vast amount of food is being squandered regularly. This is more prevalent in case of inns and eateries in occasions like weddings. 

Wastage of Food in India and Worldwide

As per a report by the World Food Organization, each seventh individual rests hungry. We can halt waste if, at that point, many individuals can be taken care.

India is positioned 67 in the World Hunger Index. The nation produces 251 million tons of food grains each year, yet every fourth Indian sleep hungry. 

According to some researches and findings by the report of the World Food Organization, consistently, food worth rupees fifty thousand crores go into the nation which is 40% of the nation’s creation.

This wastage has its regular assets on our nation. Our nation is battling with water shortage. However, 230 cusecs of water are squandered in creating this waste of food, which can extinguish the thirst of 100 million individuals. 

Wastage of food in Parties & Functions 

We are, mostly, mindful of the wastage of food occurring in our weddings, or celebrations. On these events, a ton of food goes into the trash.

Ordinarily, the scent and spoil emerging from food tossed around the houses make issues for those living there. We continue perusing the updates on creature passings because of decaying food. 

The Indian government is likewise stressed over the food squander at weddings. In 2011, the Food Ministry said it was thinking about constraining the number of visitors served at weddings as the number of dishes served.

The Marriage Ceremony (Restriction of Exhibition and Useful Spending) Act, 2006, has additionally been instituted in such a manner. Anyway, this standard doesn’t make a difference carefully. 

Effect of Food Wastage 

In the present time, food squander presents many difficulties. We can see the impact of food wastage all over the place – 

Wastage of food has a negative effect on water, land, and atmosphere just as biodiversity. Losing food squander is omnipresent.

This causes lost more than $750 billion to the worldwide economy, which is comparable to the GDP of Switzerland. Wastage of food is answerable for the ailing health of a huge number of offspring of the world. 

Around 28 percent of the world’s property, with a zone of 1.4 billion hectares, is utilized to deliver food grains. 

Right approach to keep food & its proper use 

They squander the absence of food because of the non-upkeep of products of the soil. On the off chance that this transpires, at that point you should prepare yourself for it. 

Save legitimate courses of action for keeping vegetables and organic products at home. Use the correct utensils and stick to keep the rest of the food. Continue checking the grains that are ruined by dampness routinely. Dry them in the sun at the correct time.  

Ways to avoid food wastage (Solutions)

There is a ton that ladies can do to forestall food wastage. Particularly in kids, we must habituate it to serve in the plate as much as it is ravenous. Administering food to one another can likewise forestall wastage of food to an enormous degree. 

1. Cook as much food as you need 

There ought to be acceptable coordination in the family for the amount to cook. The food is squandered. We recollected when we were kids when our mom used to cook, she would ask everybody before that. 

2. Check what’s in your capacity 

Go to your washroom and cooler and see what nourishments you as of now have. It very well may be of two sorts. First there is nothing that will turn sour.

If you realize something will turn sour soon. During that point, think about what is for supper? Also, plan and use it.

3. You should know when your food will ruin 

A few things have lapse dates, yet it is additionally critical to know how nourishments that have not been imprinted on a time will ruin them. Discover to what extent you can keep the extra food.

Housewives have a decent encounter with which food will be awful. On the off chance that you eat something like semolina for quite a while, at that point, it turns into a worm. 

4. Eat your extras 

There are a few people who have no issue eating extra food, and afterward, there are a few people who are not careless about it. I am not saying that you need to cherish the extras yet if you have made extra, at that point, eat them later. 

5. Use each piece 

Using each bit of item is presumably more conceivable in certain nourishments than others. For instance, I can’t consider what you would do with spouses of corn if you are eating old-fashioned corn. However, I am sure there is something out there that on the off chance that you are imaginative you ought to get it. 

6. Give what you need 

The food is more, and you feel that you can’t use it, kindly do it by offering it to the penniless. What many individuals do, they don’t provide food to anybody when they are spared, however pause.

Also, later they put it in the trash. On the off chance that you feed the extras to any destitute, this is likewise a gift 

7. Use squander sagaciously 

For instance, in certain nations like Japan, squander is ordered and used unexpectedly. In this way, we cut food squander into small pieces in industrial facilities and either deteriorated into plant food or covered in landfills to create methane gas, the wellspring of fuel. 

8. Quickly evacuate terrible vegetables and leaves: 

Do you notice anything after the vegetables are brought home or later when you take them out to cook, each time you see a yellowish or dim leaf, haul it out quickly and evacuate it?

Figuring out stacks of some-disturbing and some-new herbs is unpleasant; immediate expulsion of crooks decreases the probability of unfriendly consequences for other people.

It is very shocking able to know that this much quantity of food is wasted in our country. This is too much carelessness and a lack of feeling of the value of food. We all citizens should take a pledge to stop wasting food.

This will be possible through the better determination and cooperation of each other in society. NGOs also should evolve in this campaign. I hope you liked this informative essay on food wastage.

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Speech on Food Waste

Food waste is a big problem that affects us all. It’s when we throw away food that could have been eaten. You might not realize it, but you’re part of this issue too. It’s time to understand the seriousness of food waste and its impact on our planet.

1-minute Speech on Food Waste

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Imagine a mountain of food, piled high with all your favorites. Now imagine half of that mountain, just thrown away, not eaten by anyone. It’s hard to believe, but that’s what we’re doing every day. We waste nearly half of all the food we produce.

Why is this a problem? Think about all the energy, water, and land needed to grow that food. When we throw it away, we’re not just wasting food, we’re also wasting these precious resources. It’s like taking a bucket of water and pouring half of it down the drain.

But it’s not just about wasted resources. When food is thrown away, it often ends up in landfills. There, it breaks down and creates harmful gases that hurt our planet. It’s like we’re poking holes in our own umbrella, letting the rain in.

So, what can we do? It’s simple. We can start by not buying more food than we need. We can also learn to use leftovers in creative ways, turning yesterday’s meal into today’s snack. And finally, we can compost our food scraps, turning waste into something that helps plants grow.

Remember, each one of us can make a difference. Every apple not thrown away, every bread crust eaten, every leftover meal saved, adds up. Together, we can stop the waste and help our planet.

Let’s make a promise today. Let’s respect our food, our resources, and our planet. Let’s say no to food waste. Thank you.

2-minute Speech on Food Waste

We are here today to talk about a subject that affects us all – food waste. It’s a problem that’s closer to home than we think, and it’s time we paid attention.

Imagine you’re at a grocery store. You fill your cart with fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, milk, and other food items. But when you get home, you throw away half of what you bought. Sounds crazy, right? But that’s exactly what we’re doing on a wider scale. We waste nearly one-third of all food produced worldwide. That’s enough to feed all the hungry people on our planet – four times over!

Food waste is not just about wasting food. It’s also about wasting resources. Think about it. When we throw away an apple, we’re not just throwing away an apple. We’re throwing away the water, the soil, the energy, and the labor that went into growing that apple.

Now, let’s talk about the impact on our environment. When we waste food, it often ends up in landfills, where it rots and produces methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. So, food waste is not just a waste of resources, it’s also a major contributor to climate change.

But there’s good news. We can all do something about it. We can start by buying only what we need. We can learn to store food properly, so it lasts longer. We can learn to use leftovers creatively, so nothing goes to waste. And when we do have waste, we can compost it, turning it back into fertile soil.

Schools can play a big role too. They can educate children about the value of food. They can teach them about the resources that go into producing it. And they can show them how to reduce, reuse, and recycle food waste.

Businesses, too, have a part to play. They can reduce waste in their operations. They can donate surplus food to those in need. And they can encourage their customers to waste less.

Finally, governments can help by setting targets for reducing food waste. They can support research into new ways of storing and preserving food. And they can make laws that encourage businesses to donate surplus food, instead of throwing it away.

In conclusion, food waste is a big problem, but it’s a problem we can solve. It starts with each of us, in our homes, schools, and workplaces. It starts with understanding the value of food and the resources that go into producing it. And it starts with taking action to reduce, reuse, and recycle our food waste.

Remember, every little bit helps. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we can stop food waste. Thank you.

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It can be hard to think of a good Argumentative Essay Topics About Food. You want something that will engage your audience and get them thinking, but you also need to pick a topic that you feel passionate about. In this article, we’ll give you a list of some great Argumentative Essay Topics About Food to get you started!

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Differences Between Food Intoxication and Food Infection

Essay Prompt: Food infections occur when individuals consume food contaminated by infectious organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and toxins. Food contamination can happen during the production of food.

Food as a Way to Showcase African Americans’ Identity

Essay Prompt: For the majority, there is not much to think about food. Food is simply a means to an end. We eat so we could be full. However, others understand that food is not just a means. They understand that what they eat is a representation of who they are.

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Why Do People Waste Food?

Essay Prompt: Evidence reveals that the food wasted annually could be enough to feed an enormous number of people. There are two main reasons why people waste food. First, when people visit restaurants, they are usually starving. Consequently, they are likely to order more food than they need.

The Food we Eat

Essay Prompt: The food we eat contains nutrients necessary for nourishing and proper functioning of the body. It is important to understand well the food we put into our mouths because it determines our health and wellbeing. The food we eat contains nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins…

Food Preference Identifies Identity

Essay Prompt: Although food variations can be found anywhere in the world whether it is local or adopted; that people are liking food regardless of their roots and preferences; those food varieties these days are being adopted and reformulated from culture to culture, food variation identifies the individual’s culture.  

Please watch the documentary “Food Chains”. Literature & Language

Essay Prompt: Food Chains is a documentary that was produced by Eva Longoria on November 24, 2014. This documentary reveals how farmworkers in the United States are abused by the multibillion-dollar supermarkets and food industries

Essay Prompt: Food wastage refers to the loss of unconsumed food. Food wastage occurs in various stages, such as production, processing, distribution, retail, and consumption. Conversely, food loss refers to the removal of food intended for consumption from the food chain. In most cases, food that ends up.

Unique Argumentative Essay Topics About Food

The topic is fast Food and health

Essay Prompt: Fast food refers to types of foods that are prepared within a short time before they are served. They are relatively cheaper than ordinary food cooked in homes. In most restaurants, fast foods are readily available and one does not need time to wait for it to be prepared.  

Food Security and Reasons Why LDCs Are Food-Deficit Countries

Essay Prompt: Food security entails the availability of adequate, nutritious, sufficient, and safe food that enable people to maintain their health and have active lives. In particular, food security comprises of three primary elements, namely availability, access, and utilization. (Argumentative Essay Topics About Food)

The Slow Food Movement will improve the Condition of the Environment

Essay Prompt: The slow food movement has been popularized due to the positive effects that it has on the environment. The movement supports the consumption of locally manufactured food instead of imported foods, which ultimately cuts the use of fossil fuel in the transportation of food.

The Concept of Right to Food, Justice, and Sovereignty and the Food Insecurity

Essay Prompt: From the video, key concepts discussed are the right to food, justice, and sovereignty. Every human being has a right to food, which involves the right to have adequate food which is correspondent to their cultural tradition, as well as enhance physical and mental status for a dignified and fulfilling life.

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Food Policy and Public Health’s Impacts on Mexican Food System

Essay Prompt: Food policy and public health are always a major concern to different countries across the globe. Food policy is the way a government manages and regulates the food system and industry, the laws governing the trading of food products and inputs.

Food History. Could slow Food be the best choice for producing Food for humanity?

Essay Prompt: Slow Food mainly seeks to attain the goal of producing food that is good, clean, and fair. Additionally, it also seeks to continue feeding the world without necessarily harming the environment. Unique Argumentative Essay Topics About Food.

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Reflection on the Lecture About Food Justice

Essay Prompt: This lecture explores diverse concepts, with food justice attracting significant attention. Food justice ensures that everybody acquires access to nutritional and affordable food, not forgetting the safety of those involved in food production.

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Cause and Effect Eating out at Fast Food

Essay Prompt: Fast food was made famous in the 1950s through Mc Donald’s company. The industry has been growing vast in the past years. This has been a result of the high demand from customers and improvements in the products and services.

Facts Impacting Food Choices

Essay Prompt: The state of human health is predominantly a faction of food choices that an individual makes every day. My daily food choices are mostly affected by cultural influences, time, and cost. My cultural background affects my daily food choices.

How Food Affects Human Health

Essay Prompt: Currently, the numbers of teenagers with poor eating habits have drastically improved as the sizes of fast-food restaurants also increase. Specifically, the issue has been observed in the US where several new fast-food businesses continue to emerge which produce unhealthy food products.

Global Food Politics

Essay Prompt: After viewing the week eight lecture recording, different key concepts can be unpacked from the discussion, such as student overall essay performance, global food politics, and diabetics. Global food politics is one of the critical concepts that caught my attention.

Traceability, Suitability, and Regenerative Agriculture in Food Supply Chain

Essay Prompt: The Food Industry plays a significant part in providing fundamental necessities and essentials with which diverse human behaviors and activities are given. When food is harvested or manufactured, it must go through several processes.

How can Food supply chains prepare for the future in terms of traceability, suitability, and regenerative agriculture?

Food Insecurity and the Strategies for Solving It

Essay Prompt: A key concept that was clarified in the Zoom Lecture is food insecurity. Food insecurity is an issue that faces a significant number of households globally. During the pandemic, many people experienced food insecurity.

Eating Unhealthily and Our Expectations in How Others Eat

Essay Prompt: Is It Ethical to Eat Unhealthily? People’s food intake comprises the food systems, which are composed of elements such as the workforce, infrastructures, environment, institutions, and other activities associated with food.

How should a developing country improve its Food security? Select a single developing country to consider?

Essay Prompt: Food is critical to human sustenance. Through mankind’s journey, food has been front and center of major events including wars, social rituals, worship and child-bearing.

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Should Ban or Limit GMO Food

Essay Prompt: In the recent years, the GMO foods have flooded the consumer market with over 30,000 different food products.

Global Food Politics: The Food System

Essay Prompt: The movement of people across Mexico and the USA has been on the rise in recent years. There have been several cases of undocumented migration. According to the zoom meeting lecture, the policies put on the line to prevent the undocumented migration of people have not been effective.

Pros of a Single Food Agency

Essay Prompt: Master’s level Essay: Pros of a Single Food Agency: What are some of the pros and cons of creating a single food agency?

Food Industry’s System Structure and Misaligned Interests with Public Health

Essay Prompt: The food industry has introduced a fierce competition for consumers’ money through aggressive advertising efforts and their display of products on supermarket shelves. The fierce competition imposes poor diets worldwide, characterized by immense consumption of ultra-processed packaged food products manufactured.

Why People Work to Reduce Food Wastage?

Essay Prompt: The primary reason why people work to reduce food wastage is because of hunger and saving the resources used to produce food; for example, 28 percent of global land coverage is used for producing food, which eventually goes to waste. Not everybody can afford to buy food from the supermarket, and the grocery.

Is GMO Food safe? They are more nutritious. FDA has approved GMO Foods

Essay Prompt: The safety of GMO foods has sparked heated debates and, in many countries, there is legislation on their consumption. The proponents of GMO foods assert that they cannot be dismissed as categorically harmful….

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The Relationship Between Overproduction and Hunger with the Commodification of Food

Essay Prompt: A commodity is a primary resource utilized as a raw material in manufacturing goods and services. Coffee, beans, and wheat are just a few examples of commodities. The transformation of resources and services into commodities is a significant factor influencing all cultures.

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Identifying the Meaning of Organic

Essay Prompt: Organic implies that the food or agricultural products meet quality standards without the use of synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Fruits, vegetables, grains, and even meat can be produced organically but is mostly the food crops than meat…

College Students Who Go Full Time to School Should Be Able to Get Free Food

Essay Prompt: While in high school, many students yearn for the opportunity to complete their studies and join college little do they know what one goes through in college. College comes with huge expenses and it may be costlier for those who reside in the campus.

Food Symbolism in Society

Essay Prompt: Research on food thrives, from the history of contradictory types of charge to the relationship between provisioning and values, gender responsibilities, and eating maladies.

Raw Fresh Foods versus Cooked Processed Foods: Which is better for the Body?

Essay Prompt: The irony that while most people agree that raw fresh foods are better for the body and yet most people also eat more processed food than fresh food.

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Overcrowded, slow service, good food... - Aist

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“Overcrowded, slow service, good food, but pricey...” Review of Aist

We had dinner with our friends at this restaurant. The place was overcrowded and management did not provide any clear information if they have a stand-by-list or not. It seemed the staff had been evaluating your wealthy and provided available tables for whom who could spend a lot of money on food and drinks. In fifteen minutes we grabbed an available table and had been waiting for 30 minutes to be served. Drinks arrived very quickly, but we should wait 90 minutes before our food arrived. The food was very good - no complaints about it. The atmosphere was mixed. There were a lot of people who wanted to bee seen. This place provides karaoke and you should listen singing of drunk people - there is no separate area for them. It was annoying. Anyway, I recommend this restaurant if you like good food and new atmosphere does not bother you. Choice is yours!

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I've been visiting this place occasionally since it opened. Its close to my home and used to be a cool place to visit. The food, while pricey, was of good quality. The fact that it's part of the Novikov chain I thought guaranteed that it would never fall beneath a certainly standard. Its clientele was mixed, with the trendy mixing with the business crowd and its roof terrace, in summer, was always the place to eat and be seen. Sadly, no longer. While it is still popular with those who like to be seen, the quality of its food and its service and have gone downhill badly. Its more crowded that it used to be, but instead of the mixture of clients it used to boast, now it has only those who want to be seen to be there - the business crowd has gone, to be replaced by oligarch wannabes who get slowly drunk while ogling the ageing female clientele. The last time I was there - and I mean it was the LAST time - it took the waiter 20 minutes to bring me a whisky, after having been reminded twice. They had no butter apparently in the whole restaurant. Apparently they'd run out of it! I was reminded of a time six months before when they didn't have any Coke or Pepsi, having similarly "run out" of it. The staff were surly and I really got the impression that they had become too successful with a certain type of client to really try to maintain a good standard of service. Its a missed opportunity certainly, and perhaps with new management they could regain the aura that they once had. Until such time though, food and service-led restaurants like Uilliams (just down the road from Aist) will continue to take their clients. People sometimes don't mind paying high prices for premium service and food. Sadly, that deal is no longer available at Aist, where only the prices have maintained a high level.

Taking into consideration that this place is highly frequented by Moscow's nouvelle riches, occupying with their bodyguards half of the terrace and usually setting the highest standards and complaining about all sort of things in the European restaurants, the quality of food is average, the wines are really in the lower quartile. The menu offerings are wide, the prices are high. We tried ceviche which did not have a taste of the classic ceviche as it has not been marinated in the lemon juice. The watery Hummus was served with grilled vegetables, the aubergines were too hard and thickly sliced, lucking crispiness.The potatoes they serve to shashlik were cooked and then fried German style (usually served to schnitzel in traditional German restaurants). The food arrived low warm on the terrace. The Sauvignon blanc from NZ was without flower taste as it usually is, so not sure which food discounter has delivered this one. There is no experimenting in the kitchen, lack of spices and no innovative creations justifying the high prices and the image of Novikov's restaurants ( see my review on Barashka, there is a cook in the kitchen). This evening there were a lot of people that came to see some of the riches, the had a drink and a water pipe, not eating anything.

Just had dinner at Aist in Moscow, really charming place, beautiful people, inspiring stories, women where super nicely dressed, we wondered if it was for the film festival or this is the myth about how groomed Russian women are. Food was good overall but what is not to miss are the cocktails and the khatchaburi! A kind of Russian heavy cheezy melty delicious pie! A real treat. The terasse on the roof is as charming, but you'd miss the action of the street around and the pople coming in and out, the golden Bentleys, the blue Rolls Royces, summer in the city of Moscow has never been more glamorous and trendy. Nice music, apparently they also host DJ's on certain nights. Service was great. Prices on the high side. But definetly a must. Apparently the owners of this restaurant own a whole bunch of these trendy restaurants. http://www.trendymoscow.com/tag/novikov-group/ I'll definetly check them all out. If life brings me back here. :) Danielle

We we were visiting Moscow and staying at the Marco Polo and came across this restaurant down the street, where we saw Mercedes, Bentleys, a Ferrari, and decide to have early dinner where the beautiful Russia that were driving these cars were dining. We started out with a Russian beer and Vodka and also order a La Mode a drink with crushed ice lemon, oranges, strawberries.Very Pricey! It was excellent, on a hot evening, but very pricey. We ended up having dinner and ordered the fish that excellent cook perfectly. Beautiful people came and went so did the cars. The seafood was excellent so were the drinks. If you want a night of pleasure go to this restaurant. We had a excellent table for people watching, expensive car watching, good food. Expensive wine. Worth going again the next night!

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