2020-04-01 Reader\'s Digest AUNZ

greatestherobecauseshe’stheone
whoreallytaughtmeaboutthat.”
ThingsgotsobadthatRussian
familiesbegantoreceivefoodaid
from theWest.“It wasbasically
Spam,”Juullaughs.“Wedidn’tknow
any better, so we
thought,‘Wow, this
isfoodfromtheWest,
itmustbeverygood!’
My grandmother
said, ‘We mustn’t
wasteit.Wemusteat
itinverysmallpiec-
es,it’sverydelicious
food’.”
Notlongafterwards,13-year-old
JuulmovedtoCopenhagenwithher
scientistmother,whohadlanded
a jobattheuniversity.(Herparents
weredivorcedbythistime.)When
shetoldhernewclassmatestheSpam
story, they were incredulous.

ButJuulwasequallyamazedat

thecasualwayherclassmateswould

wastefood.“People’sparentswould

makethempackedlunches,which

theywouldtossinthebinbeforegoing

toMcDonald’s,”sherecalls.

When Juul first

visited a Danish

supermarket, she

was astonished by

theamountoffood

ondisplay.Spending

timeasaninternata

bakery,shewastak-

enabacktoseethe

breadleftoverattheendofeachday

putinbagsandthrownout.

Whenshefinishedschool,Juul

wenttocollege,whereshestudied

journalismandgraphicdesign,and

thenbeganworkingasafreelance

illustratorwith herowngraphic

design company. “Then I sawAn

A THIRDOF THE

WORLD’SFOOD

PRODUCTION

ISSIMPLY

THROWN AWAY

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Let’s Stop Wasting Food