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Holiday Waste Hits the Southeast
Southeast Regional Ag News
Producers across the Southeast deserve a Thanksgiving where more of their hard work is put to use, not thrown away.
California’s Role in Thanksgiving Waste
California Ag Today
A holiday reminder to honor California producers by keeping more food out of the trash.
Fixing a "Radically Inefficient" Food System
Southeast Regional Ag News
In the United States, over a third of our food supply goes unsold or uneaten.
47 Million Food Insecure Americans
Southeast Regional Ag News
World Food Day is an annual day to raise awareness of global hunger and food security issues. It is recognized on October 16th, the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's founding in 1945.
A $3,739,176,000 Food Budget Shortfall
California Ag Today
In California, 12.6% of the population is considered to be food insecure. That equates to 4,915,450 individuals in the state.
Turkey Talk: Eat Your Leftovers
Southeast Regional Ag News
ReFED, a national nonprofit with a focus on reducing waste in the food system, estimates that 312 million pounds of food was and is going to be wasted by Americans this year linked to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Food Insecurity Significantly Higher in 2023
Southeast Regional Ag News
New research from USDA finds that in 2022, 12.8 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during the year.
How Much Food Do You Waste?
Southeast Regional Ag News
As we work so hard in agriculture to produce food for the world and know that there is also a sector of folks right here in our own country that are food insecure, the fact that so much food is wasted is a hard pill to swallow.
10.4% of U.S. Households are Food Insecure
Southeast Regional Ag News
With a national range of 5.4% to 15.3%, how does the southeast compare?