New Food Waste Data Is Out. What Do the Numbers Mean for Our Food System?

ReFED—an important nonprofit focused on data-driven solutions to food waste—just released the latest statistics from their powerful Insights Engine. Updated numbers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are out this month, too.As of today, here’s what we know:In 2021, the U.S. produced 91 million tons of surplus food, or about...