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    The everyday American on average wastes an astonishing twenty pounds of food each month (Gunders). Food waste is defined, as food that was intended for human consumption but was never eaten. Food waste in America is a massive problem; perfectly edible food is spoiled and discarded at every section of the food supply chain, which causes severe consequences for the environment and the economy. If Americans wasted 5% less food, the country as a whole would save fifty million dollars yearly (Hall). Not

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    This paper will examine the problem of food waste in the United States. Firstly, this paper will describe what food waste is, and why food waste in the American society is an immense issue that needs to be addressed. In addition, it will address the consequences of food waste and the possible problems that this issue may bring in the future. Secondly, the paper will discuss three policy solutions that would help solve the problem of food waste in the United States: provide an enhanced tax deduction

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    been wasting food from the time humans started to exist. Everyone needs to eat, but people don’t necessarily consume everything that is on their plate. Food waste, however, is a bigger problem than ever before, with people from the middle and upper class having a great abundance of food, while others are starving to death all over the world. Stopping food waste is important, since it leads to many environmental problems, while increasing the size of our landfills. Food and organic waste is a problem

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    the worst solution. Food waste has become a tremendous problem in the United States. One reason why it's a big issue, is because so much edible food is being thrown away. About 40% of all food produced in the U.S. is wasted. The worst part of all of this, is that there are millions of Americans who do not have food. We need to try to waste less food as soon as possible.           To start off, food waste can occur anywhere along the production chain. This means that food waste can occur at a farm

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    There is no clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently, making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement

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    Food Waste and its effects on Americans I. Introduction With the seemingly unstoppable growth of the world’s population and a projected global population of nine billion by 2050, the matter of whether or not there will be enough food to support the world’s populace is brought into question (Parfitt, et al., 2010). However, amid the concern for an adequate food supply, there is an immense amount of food waste produced by the world, including the United States. In fact, “according to the Natural Resources

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    Food Waste Have you ever thought food waste is a really severe problem? I think food waste is a big problem because a lot of families are without food and I don’t want families to starve. Up to forty percent of food in the United States is wasted. Also one in eight families struggle to put food on the table. Article two. Sixty-two million tons of food is wasted every year. Globally up to one-third of all food is spoiled. Article one. Food waste is the biggest occupant in America's landfills. 160

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    course of the last 47 years our level of wasted food has increased by 40% meaning that we throw away one third of our food. This problem is also more devastating than most people realize. We waste billions of dollars of food and the amount of food that just the united states wastes in one year could fill 730 football stadiums. This food waste also is hurting the environment in a major way, increasing our CO2 levels exponentially. All of this food that we waste could be going to serving the homeless and

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    Waste Nation Trash. What is considered trash? Trash, is a subjective term. For some, it’s the whole, “waste not, want not”, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, etc. We’ve all heard these age old adages, but how much do we, as concerned Americans truly take this to heart when it comes to food waste? Some may argue that an expiration date is some magical sign to throw food away, which, does have some truth to it. No one wants to eat food that’s expired, and therefore, will make one sick.

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    Food waste, the act of disposing consumable foods, is extremely prevalent in the world we live in today. Every day I see countless amounts of people throwing away valuable meals that could be eaten. A minority of people fail to appreciate the food that is accessible, even though some regions of the world are enduring serious food shortages. For instance, due to imperialism in Africa, the countries have long since faced dire hunger problems. The ignorant food disposers have the mindset that there

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