The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report in June stating that roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year.
Wal-Mart is working with the Sustainability Consortium to develop an overall sustainability index for fresh food produce. The Consortium, which is jointly administered by the University of Arkansas and the University of Arizona is helping develop produce category assessments for the index.
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