Ranking and Results by 2050

• 70.53 gigatons reduced CO2
• Global cost and savings too variable to be determined

More than one third of the world’s labor force is responsible for growing and producing our food. Creating food is a miraculous alchemical process, from the seed, sun, and soil to the human beings carrying out the whole process.

Still, one third of the food produced on our planet does not make it to the table. Hunger is a condition for nearly 800 million people worldwide. Wasted food also produces 4.4 gigatons of carbon dioxide yearly, nearly 8% of total green house gas emissions.

Both high and low income countries contribute, from rejecting food based on bumps and shape and color to lack of refrigeration and storage. Kitchen efficiency has become a lost art.

— from Paul Hawken’s book “Drawdown”