Pigs, cows, chickens… a quarter of global meat waste is due to animal mortality in farming

2024-01-18T17:25:43.588Z

Highlights: A quarter of global meat waste is due to animal mortality in farming. In France, for example, nearly 4% of the 823 million “broiler” chickens did not survive their breeding conditions in 2021. A third of global food production ends up in the trash. And behind the millions of tons of meat wasted each year are many farm animals, which have been raised and then killed… for nothing. “Invisible deads” in which three researchers in environmental sciences from the University of Leiden (Netherlands) became interested for the first time.

In France, for example, nearly 4% of the 823 million “broiler” chickens did not survive their breeding conditions in 2021, i.e. more