Dawn
We took our car out of the garage after 55 days yesterday. We needed to get some fresh air, we just needed to go out of the house even if we didn’t get down from the car or do anything. The dogs were more excited than us when they heard the words ‘we go in the car’.
We drove through a number of mango orchards, guava orchards and vineyards. It was beautiful just to see so much greenery. Mangoes hung low from the trees, some ripe and bitten by squirrels and some fallen down, some just ready to ripen. There were no humans around and no one to pick and pack the fruits. It was cattle feed now. The cows were enjoying the ripe mangoes.
It is sad to see so much food go to waste. The owners of these orchards must be feeling terrible as they orchards were left to themselves and fruits wasted. With everyone off work due to covid 19 people suffer so much loss and this wastage of fresh fruits seemed criminal to me when so many go hungry.
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Question of
Did you feel awful ,when you see food wasted?
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Question of
Did you ever get out of your home during the lockdown?
the waste is going to come back later and hurt us, when food prices go up. that will impact those with less.
That is so true, I hate waste of any kind.
i watch the lines on tv for food banks and it makes me sad.
It’s really heart breaking so see that. However when we asked for doggie bags in restaurants people used to give us a weird look.
somehow we need to figure out how to feed people on this planet, plus take care of the earth.
oh yeah and cure pandemics!
Some of the biggest worries for mankind right now.
I feel awful about that. Those are many mangoes that have gone to waste. At least they should have done something about it.
They would have done what they can, but the orchards are huge and with no workers it is tough .
It looks there is no other choice than to let it be.
Here in Spain, despite the pandemic, these activities have not stopped working. Even the rural community needs and recruits workers. It is a pity that with you things are left to this state to boil fruits and produce.
Everything came to a standstill here. There are no workers to do the harvesting and packing of fruits making the price of fresh produce soar.
It is very sad to see food being thrown away.
It is , especially when so many people go hungry everyday.