Food Waste: A Thanksgiving Challenge with Climate and Social Impact

This Thanksgiving, food waste isn't just a loss of resources—it's a major contributor to climate change. The 798,568 metric tons of CO₂ emissions from wasted food are equivalent to the emissions from driving 190,000 gas-powered cars for a year. All of this discarded food could provide five meals to each of the 47.4 million people experiencing food insecurity in the United States.