Food (Insecurity) for Thought

Food (Insecurity) for Thought

The U.S. food supply is a study in inefficiency, inequity, and contradictions. Americans waste an estimated 30–40% of the country’s food, and although much of it is safe and edible, that food ends up in landfills as 22–24% of municipal solid waste. There it becomes a potent source of methane, a greenhouse gas with four times the warming potential of carbon dioxide.