Food waste is a bigger problem than people realize. Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of food goes uneaten.

We have a problem with food waste in the United States. According to a study done by the nonprofit ReFED, an estimated 31 percent of the U.S. food supply was wasted in 2023. This amounted to 63 ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Around 60 million tons of food go to waste in America each year, about 40 percent of the country’s food supply, at a cost of around $218 billion. That breaks down to approximately ...

Just like every state is known for producing a certain kind of food or produce, every U.S. state is famous for consuming a lot of one particular food. From the state that consumes the most Spam to the ...

When it comes to consumer food waste, the numbers can be staggering, but consider this: More than one-third of “all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste” in the United States, according ...

Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates. Today, millions of Americans are enjoying a whole lot of ...

Food waste in America is a significant and persistent problem that often goes unnoticed. According to a 2010 USDA study, 30-40% of our country's entire food supply winds up in landfills each year — ...

So what can we do to cut back on food waste? Dana Gunders is a food and agriculture project scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. She's also author of an NRDC report ...

"If capitalism is such an efficient system, why does 40 percent of all U.S. food production go to waste--while one in six people in the nation face hunger? This startling truth has stirred increasing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not just spoiled groceries that are contributing to the huge amount of food waste. Expired supermarket goods and unused ...