US generated 91m tons of surplus food in 2021, representing 6% of all GHG emissions. Just 2% was donated.

The United States generated 91 million tons of “surplus food” in 2021, representing 38% of the country’s entire food supply, according to updated figures from food waste non-profit ReFED.Despite 80% of this surplus food being edible, less than 2% of it was donated.Consumer households generate half of all surplus food, followed...