40% OF FOOD IS WASTED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST KNOW TO DECREASE THIS PERCENTAGE!

Each year the amount of food going to waste is enough to substantially decrease the number of people who are suffering from hunger.

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One in eight people suffer from hunger

(Sacks, 2018).

If everyone does their part in reducing the amount of food being wasted in our country, and redirect the food to shelters or food banks, we can work toward achieving the objective of reducing the percentage of people who suffer from hunger by 5% over the course of a year, beginning December 30^th, 2020.

Percentage of food wasted per year split by category

Food Category Percentage of how much is wasted per year Potatoes, Beets, radishes, carrots 46.2% fruits, vegetables 45.7% tuna, SALMON, SHRIMP, other seafood 34.7% cereal, bread, rice 29.1% lentils, green peas, chickpeas, seeds that make oil 22.1%

(Garfield, 2016)

There are countless ways to reduce food waste in your home. Click here for 15 easy tips and tricks.

A large source of food waste in our country is from school

Find out about strategies to implement within schools and the efforts being made to change this fact.