A third of the food produced in the United States is never consumed; that’s about 133 billion pounds, while at least 49 million Americans are food insecure. On September 16th, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the nation’s first initiative to reduce food waste. The Obama administration set a goal to reduce food waste by 50 percent by the year 2030. To halve food waste, USDA and…
Here’s how we can cut food waste in half by 2030
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