Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.

American households toss about 26.5 million tons of food every year, 96% of which gets landfilled, burned, or flushed down ...

Federal policies on immigration, tariffs, and food assistance programs have compounded food waste while millions of Americans ...

We have a problem with food waste in the United States. According to a study done by the nonprofit ReFED, an estimated 31 percent of the U.S. food supply was wasted in 2023. This amounted to 63 ...

Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.

Just like every state is known for producing a certain kind of food or produce, every U.S. state is famous for consuming a lot of one particular food. From the state that consumes the most Spam to the ...

A group of students and staff at American University in D.C. are working to reduce food waste while providing food to people in need.

Learn about the staggering amount of food waste in the US and its environmental impact. Discover practical tips to reduce food waste and save money.

So what can we do to cut back on food waste? Dana Gunders is a food and agriculture project scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. She's also author of an NRDC report ...

"If capitalism is such an efficient system, why does 40 percent of all U.S. food production go to waste--while one in six people in the nation face hunger? This startling truth has stirred increasing ...