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Question 1 of 3Easy

Roughly how much of the world's food is lost or wasted?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What fuel do digesters make from food scraps?

    Answer: Biogas

    Why: What remains after digestion, a sludge called digestate, is spread on farmland as a nutrient-rich fertiliser.

  2. 2 Medium

    How long does constantly frozen food stay safe to eat?

    Answer: Indefinitely

    Why: The USDA says freezer burn, the dry greyish-brown spots on old frozen food, affects quality, not safety.

  3. 3 Hard

    Who opened a soup kitchen using Expo 2015's surplus food?

    Answer: Massimo Bottura

    Why: His Milan soup kitchen, Refettorio Ambrosiano, was set up inside a disused 1930s theatre.

  4. 4 Easy

    What do landfills lack that composting needs?

    Answer: Oxygen

    Why: In 1989 archaeologists dug a 1952 newspaper out of a landfill, and it was still perfectly readable.

  5. 5 Medium

    What is gathering crops left in fields after harvest called?

    Answer: Gleaning

    Why: For centuries gleaning was a right that let the poorest villagers keep the grain harvesters left behind.

  6. 6 Hard

    What 2001 outbreak led the UK to ban feeding food scraps to pigs?

    Answer: Foot-and-mouth disease

    Why: The epidemic began on a Northumberland farm whose pigs were fed unprocessed food waste containing infected meat.

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