BY THE NUMBERS
Global consumption
14
percent of food in the United States goes to waste, which amounts to 21 million tons annually.
67
pounds of sausage eaten per capita annually in Germany.
12
refrigerators per 100 families in rural China; 80 per 100 in urban China.
52
pounds of cheese eaten per capita annually in France.
20
percent of Greenland's population eats seal four times a week.
80
percent of India's population lives on less than $2 a day per person; in Mali, it's 91 percent.
62
pounds of pasta are eaten per capita annually in Italy.
From "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats," by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio (Material World Books and Ten Speed Press).
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Variety
Books
Helen Simonson is in Jane Austen mode with 'The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club'
FICTION: Her latest is set in an English coastal town, at the end of World War I.
World
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden.
World
European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal
A European court on Thursday upheld Italy's right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum's appeal.
Business
Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is back
In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son.
Business
For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it's a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm
Michael Blowen can step outside his house any day of the week and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago that attentively cares for former winners and losers alike.