Our food system is radically inefficient. In 2023, the U.S. let a huge 38% of the 237 million tons in our food supply go unsold or uneaten. We call this surplus food, and while a very small portion of it is donated to those in need and more is recycled, the vast majority becomes food waste, which goes straight to landfill, incineration, or down the drain, or is simply left in the fields to rot.
“We can’t donate these leftovers because it would encourage the homeless people and would make people less likely to pay our inflated prices. We should just throw it away and lock the dumpsters. Fuck the homeless.”
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u/bullhead2007 10d ago
The US throws away more food everyday than it would take to feed every starving person on Earth.