A New Roadmap for Fighting Food Waste

Since the United States has now joined other nations in acknowledging that food waste is a big problem, one question has lingered: how do we tackle it? A new group just might have the answers.

The U.S. now spends $218 billion producing, transporting and discarding food that isn’t eaten. Minimizing that waste by just 20 percent would yield $100 billion in societal economic benefits over a decade. This according a recent report—a novel collaboration between business, government and nonprofits—called ReFED.

The ability to prescribe solutions customized by sector (restaurants, homes, etc.) and outcome make the roadmap unique. ReFED Advisory Council member Emily Broad Leib believes it is this aspect that will make the report matter. “The roadmap absolutely provides a

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