FoodBank South Africa

Source: Huffington Post, 1 July 2011

According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year. In the developing world, over 40 percent of food losses occur after harvest--while being stored or transported, and during processing and packing. In industrialized countries, more than 40 percent of losses occur as a result of retailers and consumers discarding unwanted but often perfectly edible food.

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As the people of the rainbow nation glory in Bafana Bafana's defiant defeat of France in the World Cup and an unmatched sense of national unity and pride, we do so knowing that the party won't last forever - and that there'll be a proverbial hangover (thanks to our having overshot the budget by several billion rand).

Apparently, however, this hangover will be worth it. Favourable world opinion and improved infrastructure will be a lasting legacy, we've been told. And, of course, it's impossible to put a price tag on the solidarity and patriotism galvanised through the hosting of this event.