Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg announced the United States' first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a ...

Food waste, and food loss which occurs when food is lost before it reaches consumers, are a global challenge. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one third ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Here are some food waste facts that might be hard to swallow: The average family of 4 in Florida throws out about $1600 worth of food each year. 40% of all food grown and ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

Current state policies aren't enough to curb food waste. Study shows states are falling short of the reduction goals set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The United States generates more ...

Each year, Australian households discard about 2.5 million tonnes of food. Most (73%) of this food waste ends up in landfill. This is costly and contributes to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, ...