Many of us, if we’re old enough, remember being told as kids not to waste food. Throwing away food was a major no-no, at least in the house I grow up
Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has launched the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Producers, processors, retailers and communities are being asked to reduce food waste, which government officials estimate at 30-40 percent of the U.S. food supply.
According to USDA, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants, and homes didn’t make it into people’s stomachs last year.
I’ve never worked in a supermarket or restaurant. I have no idea of how much food is wasted there. So it’s hard for me to evaluate USDA’s estimates.
What do you think? Do the 30-40 percent and 133 billion pounds figures seem realistic to you?
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