133 BILLION POUNDS of food is WASTED annually, contributing to 18% of the total U.S. landfill methane (greenhouse gas) emissions.1
GM APPLES ARE NON-BROWNING AND NON-BRUISING, ELIMINATING THOSE SUPERFICIAL ISSUES that cause
LOSS
GMOs help farmers minimize these losses and grow more food using less land. In 2014, GMOs enabled farmers to use 51 million less acres of land to produce the same amount of crops7—equivalent to nearly four times the size of America’s largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.8
people to unnecessarily throw them away.2 In 2010, each American on average THREW AWAY
17 APPLES
totaling 1.7 billion pounds of food waste3
25
GALLONS OF WATER WASTED PER APPLE.4
GM POTATOES ARE LESS PRONE TO BRUISING AND BLACK SPOTS, meaning fewer
potatoes will end up in landfills.
24
BILLION POUNDS FROM WASTE IN 20135
more than
1,000x
THE WEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER!6
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20 – 25% of all crop yields in
the U.S. are LOST to pests, crop diseases, or post-harvest losses. In the developing world, it’s as high as 40 – 50%.9
133 billion pounds of food is wasted annually - GMO Answers
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