9-6 FB Wasted Food

  America Trashes Forty Percent of Food Supply. As Food Prices Rise, Natural Resources Defense Council Offers Tips to Cut Food Waste from Farm to Table. Americans are throwing away 40 percent of food in the U.S., the equivalent of $165 billion in uneaten food each year, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. In a time of drought and skyrocketing food prices, NRDC outlines opportunities to reduce wasted food and money on the farm, in the grocery store and at home.

I called Dana Gunders, NRDC project scientist with the food and agriculture program: “As a country, we’re essentially tossing every other piece of food that crosses our path – that’s money and precious resources down the drain. “With the price of food continuing to grow, and drought jeopardizing farmers nationwide, now is the time to embrace all the tremendous untapped opportunities to get more out of our food system. We can do better.”  Increasing the efficiency of our food system is a triple-bottom-line solution that requires collaborative efforts by businesses, governments and consumers.