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Americans waste a pound of food per day

04/25/18 6:10 AM By Daniel Enoch
KEYWORDS ARS farm food waste nutrition usda
A study by an Agricultural Research Service team and university scientists found that U.S. consumers waste a pound of food per person a day, or about a third of the daily calories that each American consumes.
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