In the U.S., 40% of all food goes to waste. During the holidays, people are confronted with more food than they can eat, meaning a lot of food is wasted. Designer Maggie Stout has an infographic on how people can reduce food waste over Thanksgiving.
In the United States, 1,250 calories of food goes to waste per day. Communication and journalism student Miranda Herz argues that educating oneself on date labels, signing up for composting and buying imperfect foods will help to reduce food waste.
The Food Recovery Network at St. Thomas joined the fight to end hunger in November by saving unserved food from The View and donating it to the Dorothy Day Center.
