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 ...

When someone says "food waste," chances are that you immediately imagine a pile of rotting food—gross, smelly, and ugly. The term "waste" evokes a mental image of something inherently disgusting that ...

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 ...

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, ...

A review into food waste in Australia's quick service restaurants has found order mistakes are the biggest driver of food ...