Food Waste: How Millions Go Hungry in a Nation with too Much Food

Did you know that the US wastes 70 billion pounds of food every year? However, we're not the only offenders. Globally, the world fails to consume over 1/3 of its food supply. 

Despite this

• 42.2 million Americans are food insecure
• 13.1 million children are food insecure
• 42% of UC students are food insecure 

So why does the US throw away 70 billion pounds of food when millions are food insecure? That's a tricky question to answer. A lot of it has to do with access to, distribution of, means to purchase, and the policies regarding the handling of food.