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Food waste: Plenty of guilt and a very heavy footprint

By Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent

Published: January 26 2010 16:56 | Last updated: January 26 2010 16:56

One of the more uncomfortable byproducts of modern, globalised western economies is the scale on which food is wasted.

For decades, increasing agricultural productivity and prosperity in the developed world have meant food prices have generally fallen, especially as a proportion of income.

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