food issues for kim woods

food_sources.docx

Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/american-food-waste/491513/

· USA compared with other countries

· A major reason is that food is cheaper in the United States than nearly anywhere else in the world

How the U.S. manages to waste $165 billion in food each year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/22/how-food-actually-gets-wasted-in-the-united-states/?utm_term=.adfda4fa028b

- The report notes that Americans today waste 50 percent more food than they did in the 1970s

- How it effects to the USA economy

Wasteful Food Consumption: Consumer Trends in Food and Packaging Waste

http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=grcsp

· evaluate the correlation between food waste and food packaging on a household individual level by assessing the trends in each section

· fresh produce packages have a wide variety of material and size in order to accommodate for shelf life, sale appeal and recyclability.