According to the United Nations, around 40% of food produced around the world is thrown away or spoiled – while an estimated 800 million people are expected to go hungry on any given night. The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are center stage right now and Brazil has managed to bring the number of those living without enough food to under 5%. However, with a population of 208 million this still means that millions of residents are starving.
In a move to combat malnutrition in Rio, dozens of volunteers are reclaiming unwanted food from athletes competing in the Olympic Games. Chefs David Hertz from Brazil and Massimo Bottura from Italy have enlisted the aid of over 40 colleagues to help utilize large quantities of excess food leftovers from the Olympic Village.
Their aim is to turn surplus food from the village into 5,000 nutritious meals each day, which will go on to feed the homeless and those in need. The team will produce meals using ingredients that are about to be thrown out, including odd-shaped fruit and vegetables and yogurts nearing their best-before date.
The Olympic Village kitchen prepares 60,000 meals daily, produced from daily shipments of 460,000 pounds of raw ingredients.
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