拯救剩余食物 大学生们在行动(2/2)

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概述：在美国，每年浪费掉的食物约占食物总产出的40%，如果减少15%的浪费，就能够接济2500万处在饥饿中的美国人。
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Bob Keefe
Ben Slye
The University of Maryland
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Nationwide, $165 billion worth of food is wasted each year, according to the National Resources Defense Council. Spokesman Bob Keefe says that's about 40% of the country's entire food production.
"If we could reduce our waste in this country by 15%, we could feed 25 million hungry Americans. That's a huge benefit. And that's what programs like the Food Recovery Network are doing."
Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries of the students' efforts. Ben Slye is the senior pastor. "It's just been amazing to see these students take their own time, their own vehicles and own gas, money and be able to take an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food to probably feed over 100 people." The University of Maryland's Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country.
"And we wanna grow our 18 chapters to 1,000 chapters within five years. And once we get to this Food Recovery Nation of being at every college campus in America, we wanna expand out to restaurants, to farms."
The volunteers are committed to making that happen.据美国资源保护委员会统计，全国每年浪费的食物达1650亿美元。发言人鲍勃.基夫表示，所浪费的食物约为美国整个生产量的40%。
   “如果我们能在本国范围内减少15%的浪费，我们就能养活2500万处于饥饿中的美国人。这对国家极其有益。这正是像‘食品回收网络’之类的项目的目标。”
   基督徒生活中心是学生们所做努力的受益人之一。本.斯泰尔是该中心的主任牧师。“看到这些学生利用自己的时间，开自己的车，自己支付油费，并且做出这样的努力真是让人觉得吃惊。每周，我们都能用这些食物接济100多人。”马里兰大学的“食品回收网络”项目现已拥有200名志愿者，并且该项目已扩展到全国18所学校。
  “我们希望五年内将18所分处扩展到1000所。一旦我们能在美国每一所大学推广此项目，我们希望将其拓展到饭店和农场。”
  志愿者们正致力于让该想法变为现实。