Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10 percent of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50 percent of U.S. land, and swallows 80 percent of all freshwater consumed in the United States. Yet, 40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. This not only means that Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion each year, but also that the uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills as the single largest component of U.S. municipal solid waste where it accounts for almost 25 percent of U.S. methane emissions.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/wasted-how-america-losing-40-percent-its-food-farm-fork-landfill
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dana-gunders
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/natural-resources-defense-council
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/methane
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
