Innovating to Meet the Challenge of Food Waste
Food waste in the United States represents a market opportunity worth over $160 billion for innovators who can reduce this waste and its impact.
Food waste, which is estimated at 30% to 40% of the annual food supply in the United States, has far-reaching social, economic, and environmental ramifications (NRDC, 2012). It also adds up to big money and big incentives to food technologists to develop new approaches and products for reducing, recovering, and recycling food waste. A closer look at food waste in the United States reveals where opportunities might lie.
Estimates of food waste in the United States are based on estimates from the …
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