Globally, we throw out about 1.3 billion tons of food a year, or a third of all the food that we grow. That’s important for at least two reasons. The less the world wastes, the easier it will be to meet the food needs of the global population in coming years. Second, cutting back on waste could go a long way to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “As you get higher and higher income, you get more and more profligacy in food waste,”. Food waste and loss has a huge carbon footprint: 3.3 billion tons of carbon equivalent. Credit: OUTRIDER
