date:Aug 27, 2012
alued at about $165 billion;
The average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up to $2,275 annually in food;
Food waste is the single largest component of solid waste in US landfills;
Just a 15 per cent reduction in losses in the US food supply would save enough food to feed 25 million Americans annually;
There has been a 50 per cent jump in U.S. food waste since the 1970s.
The causes of losses in the food system are complex, but there are notable prob