Social media helps to reduce wasted food-英语听力

[00:00.100]From VOA Learning English, [00:02.750]this is the Agriculture Report. [00:05.390]On World Environment Day in June, [00:09.280]the United Nations reported at least [00:12.380]one third of all food produced is wasted. [00:17.110]The report came at a time [00:19.210]when many people are concerned about [00:21.460]how to feed a growing world population. [00:24.690]In the United States, [00:27.230]Farmers who are struggling to earn money [00:30.260]find the situation difficult to deal with. [00:33.920]The United States Department of Agriculture [00:37.670]found that more than half [00:39.700]of the small farms in California [00:42.250]do not make a profit. [00:44.400]One California farm family [00:47.730]is using social media [00:50.030]in an effort to change the situation [00:52.780]and reduce wasted food. [00:55.590]Nick Papadopoulos is general manager [01:02.750]of Bloomfield Farms in Sonoma County. [01:06.640]It was difficult for him to watch his employees [01:11.180]returning from several weekend farmer's markets [01:14.960]with top quality unsold produce. [01:17.510]Mr Papadopoulos said [01:20.190]he would find boxes of leafy greens, [01:24.490]herbs and carrots left in a storage yard. [01:25.200]The vegetables would go bad [01:27.340]before the next market day. [01:29.590]As a result, [01:31.520]Mr Papadopoulos came up with a plan [01:34.870]to offer the food at a low price [01:37.610]by advertising it on the farm's Facebook status page [01:43.040]on Sunday nights. [01:44.750]The deals were open to anyone [01:48.040]using the social media website. [01:51.380]One week, several homeowners [01:54.430]in a neighboring community bought the vegetables. [01:57.680]Another week, the buyers were a group of friends. [02:02.260]Nick Papadopoulos began using social media [02:07.280]after he went to work on a farm [02:09.970]belonging to his wife's father. [02:12.710]One night, he began thinking about the issue [02:17.040]of wasted food, when he could not find a place [02:20.820]to donate 32 cases of organic broccoli. [02:25.700]He ended up giving some of the food to chickens [02:29.640]and using the rest to make fertilizer. [02:33.580]"I don't believe we should let it go to waste, [02:36.240]I believe we should share it, donate it, [02:38.430]whatever it takes. And if possible, [02:40.570]as farmers, we would like to [02:41.970]recover a small portion of our costs." [02:43.660]After his success using Facebook, [02:46.900]Mr Papadopoulos helped to set up a website [02:50.630]called cropmobster.com, [02:55.110]it is a place where people involved with food production, [02:59.990]feeding the hungry. [03:01.980]And those who want to buy locally grow food [03:05.910]can find surplus produce. [03:09.050]Since March, the website has prevented [03:13.940]more than 20,000 kilograms of food from going to waste. [03:18.770]Have you ever use the Internet to buy or sell crops? [03:24.320]If so, tell us about your experience.