Comment by bad_alloc@lemmy.dbzer0.com on Proof we're living in a simulation

are almost ~~certainly being donated to homeless shelters~~ being thrown away and people who are taking some are persecuted… and hog farmers

fixed that for you :)

you fixed nothing maybe where you live thats how it works but here in tejas we follow food safety rules as well as donated unsold produce to our local foodbanks and shelters. if that isnt how your community works then i hope you get to experience it firsthand. i have and without those good folks deeds we wouldve starved to death a long time ago.

In the capitalists west, there are only small grassroots projects doing this. Most volume of that stuff goes straight in padlocked trash when best before is met

Can confirm that at least Target donates a LOT of food in my area, source being I was on the logistics team and literally watched trucks taking stuff to the food bank

That is illegal in France. Which as far as I know is capitalist west.

Than you live in a better place than me. Well done to you and your community :)

Have worked in grocery stores, it just gets thrown out. The level of food waste in the United States is legitimately stomach churning.

yeah as i said though, ymmv depenfing on loc

In France it is illegal to throw food out. It has to go to the homeless or those stores will get fined.

You do know most people don’t live in the US, right?

You can safely assume American when you see English and monstrous business behaviors. Aside from that I think the US makes up most of Lemmy traffic anyhow.

The commenter they were responding to literally mentioned the FDA. The US Federal Drug and Safety Administration.

And not even just thrown out: it’s usually intentionally damaged so it can’t be eaten

Arizona it’s literally considered illegal to dumpster dive anywhere inside of a curb and yet they still also pour bleach on the tossed food at grocery stores to “dissuade” people.

So you can be arrested if you survive being poisoned.

HEB is the only native grocery store in Texas that matters, and they make sure they recover 95% of the food that isn’t fit for human consumption by getting it to farms and such. They also, separately, are involved in food bank and other human wellness activities, including running logistics for hurricane relief (as an example).

HEB is too good for Texas.

https://ourtexasourfuture.com/food-recovery/

https://newsroom.heb.com/disaster-relief/

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