Wasting food is like discarding people, Pope Francis tweeted on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Wednesday.
"Fighting against the terrible scourge of hunger means also combatting waste," he tweeted.
"Discarding food means discarding people.
"It is scandalous not to realize how much food is a precious good and how so much good makes a bad end".
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