Accustomed Quote by Pope Francis

Consumerism has led us to become used to an excess and daily waste of food, to which, at times, we are no longer able…

— Pope Francis

Wasting food is like stealing from the poor.

— Pope Francis

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

— Pope Francis

We should all remember... that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect…

— Pope Francis

There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part, it is…

— William Booth

Each year-in the fields, commercial kitchens, markets, stores, and restaurants-millions of pounds of food go to waste... We need to find ways to get…

— Dan Glickman

This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over…

— Pope Francis

Throwing away good food was like stealing from poor people

— Anonymous

People don't realize that we're spending money throwing food away rather than feeding people.

— Marcela Valladolid

We're taught that food in a dumpster is waste. But when you find bags of bread that are perfectly good, all of a sudden…

— Zal Batmanglij

We, the people, do have the power to stop [the] tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

— Tristram Stuart

Supermarkets didn't even want to talk to me about how much food they were wasting. I'd been round the back. I'd seen bins full…

— Tristram Stuart