Assessing U.S. Food Wastage and Opportunities for Reduction

By Z. Dou, J. Ferguson, D. Galligan, A. Kelly, S. Finn, R. Giegengack. 2016

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Abstract Reducing food wastage is one of the key strategies to combat hunger and sustainably feed the world. We present a comprehensive analysis of available data, despite uncertainties due to data limitation, indicating that the U.S. loses at least 150 million metric tonnes (MMT) of food between farm and fork annually, of which about 70 MMT is edible food loss. Currently,

Subfields: Food Science, General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics

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