The US Department of Agriculture said Americans threw out 96 billion pounds of edible food in 1995, about a quarter of the nation's food supply. The department is holding a national conference in September to try to come up with ways to recover wasted food and get it to the hungry.
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The US Department of Agriculture said Americans threw out 96 billion pounds of edible food in 1995, about a quarter of the nation's food supply. The department is holding a national conference in September to try to come up with ways to recover wasted food and get it to the hungry.
