Are You Wasting Food?

Were you aware that American consumers throw away about 80 billion pounds of food per year? Furthermore, only about ½ are aware that food waste is even a problem. It has been identified by researchers that most people believe there are benefits to throwing food away and some have limited basis in fact.

PLOS One published a study that is the second peer-reviewed large-scale consumer survey about food waste and the first in the U.S. that identifies patterns regarding how Americans form their attitudes on food waste.

The results of this study provide the data required to develop targeted …read more