THE SCANDAL OF FOOD WASTE
Some useful vocabulary
Be beyond the pale : be unacceptable
Bear a limit : support a limit
Buffer : a sort of protection (cuscinetto)
Discard : throw away, get rid of, dispose of
Edible: something you can eat
The extent of: the limit, the size of something
Fit for : suitable for
Foot-and-mouth outbreak: the onset and diffusion of an acute contageous disease of cattle (afta)
Freeganism: anti-consumerist movement. It's a reaction against the waste of resourses
To hemorrhage out: to loose in great quantities until there's nothing left
Stale bread: bread which is not fresh
Scraps: food leftovers that are thrown away (scarti)
Scratch the surface: deal with just a small part of a problem (Scalfire la superficie)
Sneak around: go to a place secretely
A squeeze: a reduction
To thrash: to defeat someone very easily (stracciare)
To uncover: to find out about something that has been kept secret
HOW FOOD SHAPES OUR CITIES
"Meat and urbanism always grow hand in hand"
"If the city looks after the country, the country looks after the city"
"The world is also what we eat"
"We can use food as a really powerful tool to shape the world better"
HOW CAN WE EAT OUR LANDSCAPES?
Some useful vocabulary
Sprout up : germogliare
Towpath: sentiero lungo il canale
Beds : aiuole (in this context)
Poke around : snoop around (curiosare)
Be daunted by : be discouraged by
Prickly plant : pianta spinosa
Bottom line: riga finale del bilancio