Food Waste: The World's Dumbest Environmental Problem

Every year, the average family of four in the U.S. tosses roughly $2,000 in food; 30 to 40 percent of food produced in this country ends up discarded. But you can help reduce climate change, save money, conserve energy and feed the hungry. All you need to do is stop wasting and tossing out so much food. Learn more at outrider.org/c...
Produced in collaboration with The YEARS Project.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH and DREW MAGRATTEN
WRITER: MAGGIE BADORE
SCRIPT EDITORS: JOEL BACH, JOSH FUTTERSAK, DREW MAGRATTEN, and MATT ROSENBAUM
VIDEO EDITOR: ETHAN DAVID
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