- The Plate
We All Waste Food. Here’s How You Can Stop.
Save the Food.
That’s the message now being issued in a big way by the people who brought us Smokey the Bear and “Keep America Beautiful.” Why? Because American consumers waste more food than any other segment of the supply chain (43 percent of what’s wasted, according to the recent ReFED Roadmap).
Through TV spots, billboard ads, and a sleek interactive website, Save the Food aims to illuminate America’s food waste problem. Co-created by the Ad Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the campaign is both long overdue and sorely needed. Most Americans don’t realize their role in wasting food, despite U.S. households’ collective 27 million-ton annual output.
“Consumer awareness and education is the most important solution to reduce wasted food,” says
