Those are some staggering figures.
Regarding the 40% loss rate pre-consumer - can you share any details of products and/or distribution methods which are succeeding in reducing that rate?
Regarding the 40% loss rate pre-consumer - can you share any details of products and/or distribution methods which are succeeding in reducing that rate?
The issue is that the market is so gummed up with middlemen that exposing the supply and demand marketwide in real-time is difficult. That's what I've been working to reverse engineer.
One of the biggest improvements has come from on-site freeze packaging and the general improvements in cold storage tech.
You can either increase the speed of info in the market or decrease the "cost" of lagging info in the form of increasing shelf life. Both reduce waste.
'Regarding the losses before produce reaches consumers (the 40% mentioned) ...' might have been a little clearer, if a bit unwieldy.
The duplicate/misleading use of the word 'rate' at the end of the sentence also added extra confusion.
English can be a surprisingly tricky language sometimes :)