Food waste in America grows, group says

 
By Tiffany Hsu | Modified: August 22, 2012 at 12:31 am | Published: August 22, 2012   

LOS ANGELES — Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up to 40 percent of the country’s supply each year — a mass of uneaten provisions worth $165 billion, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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An average family of four squanders $2,275 in food each year, or 20 pounds per person per month, said the nonprofit and nonpartisan environmental advocacy group.

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