The problem.
In the United States alone, 40 percent of food gets tossed every year—and that amounts to $162 billion in waste annually, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. This can serve 58,064,516,129 meals using the national average amount spent on a meal, $2.79.
of food, on average, is lost to the garbage pail each year by an American family of four.
Help eliminate food waste and feed the hungry: