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The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

Today is Stop Food Waste Day, and we’re still facing a staggering stat: nearly one-third of all food produced globally is ...

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