In one of his daily devotions, Pastor David Sumrall emphasized that we should not embrace the habit of “just because there is an abundance, you can be wasteful.”
And it reminds me of a book about how our manner of consumption has driven us to neglect to live a sustainable lifestyle.
There are many points between the farm and the fork where food is wasted. Vegetables are rejected for being too big or too small, grain spills from conveyor belts, milk goes bad on the truck, fruits rot on display, meat expires in the package, and uneaten dinner buffets are scraped into the trash. The more we eat, the more we waste…
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here
In other words…
Just because we can waste something doesn’t mean we should.
jessa 