A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, et al.

Approximately 30 percent of the edible food produced in the United States is wasted and a significant portion of this waste occurs at the consumer level. Despite food's essential role as a source of nutrients and energy and its emotional and cultural importance, U.S. consumers waste an estimated average of 1 pound of food per person per day at home and in places where they buy and consume food away from home. Many factors contribute to this waste--consumers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309680735
• ISBN13: 9780309680738
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"