Food Waste in America: How You Can Help Rescue Food (2024)

Check out food rescue stories and learn how you can help reduce food waste.

A personal mission to end food waste, one grocery store at a time

Meet Tom Hong, a food bank employee who's made it his personal mission to help end food waste in the United States, one grocery store at a time.

What is MealConnect? Learn about Feeding America's food rescue platform

MealConnect, Feeding America's food donation platform, has helped facilitate five billion pounds of food rescue since 2014. Learn about food waste, what the pro

Hope and a banana loaf: the impact of Starbucks FoodShare

After receiving donated food from the Starbucks FoodShare program, Stacy, now a Starbucks store manager, is giving back.

Fighting food waste one orange at a time

A local citrus farmer and a California food bank are fighting food waste and providing food for people facing hunger.

How Feeding America works with farmers

Farmers are critical partners in the fight against hunger. Learn how Feeding America and farmers work together every year.

Andrew Zimmern's top 3 easy ways to reduce food waste at home

Emmy and four-time James Beard Award-winning Chef Andrew Zimmern shares his three easy tips for reducing food waste at home.

Your guide to gleaning

Gleaning is a great way to reduce food waste and help food banks provide meals to people facing hunger. Learn how you can start gleaning in your area.

5 Things to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers

Avoid throwing out your thanksgiving leftovers by following our guide to donating, and reusing Thanksgiving leftovers.

Three stories of rescued food during the pandemic

Closed restaurants, canceled events, and more meals at home mean more perfectly good food going to waste. You may have seen the photos or read stories of crops being destroyed or gallons of milk being dumped.

Meet the apple farmer helping families this fall

For Americans who struggle with hunger, enjoying apples - and their amazing health benefits - in the fall isn't always possible. But one farmer in New York who

Using your phone to fight food waste

Food banks are beginning to engage members of their community as volunteers to pick up and drop off food donations in their neighborhoods using our food rescue

Reducing food waste one banana at a time

Grocery stores require fruits to be specific sizes, shapes, and colors – yet if the fruit is too “ugly,” they are destined for the dumpster. That's why we're co

Sweep the kitchen: recipe ideas to reduce food waste

One of the biggest ways to reduce food waste is to utilize our leftovers.

How one vegetable farmer is fighting food waste and feeding those in need

How does Feeding America fight food waste? In this guest blog by a Minnesota vegetable farmer, get a firsthand perspective on how fresh produce that would have

Every Day is Earth Day: Our Food Rescue Mission

Did you know that billions of pounds of food are thrown away instead of eaten every year in our country, while at the same time, 1 in 8 Americans face hunger? Food waste and hunger are both persistent problems nationwide. However, these challenges aren’t insurmountable.

Three Stories of Rescued Summer Veggies

Feeding America provides everyone’s favorite fruits and veggies to families facing hunger by saving produce before it goes to waste.

5 tips for growing a garden that fights hunger

If you're a gardener who'd like to help feed your neighbors, here are five vegetables that are easy to grow and share.

8 Habits for Reducing Waste in the Kitchen

Here are eight small habits that can make a big difference when it comes to reducing kitchen waste.

Farmers Give Back to Alleviate Hunger

A growing number of farms are donating their excess produce to the Feeding America network, meaning this healthy food reaches empty stomachs rather than landfil

Reducing Food Waste One Sweet Potato at a Time

A sweet potato farmer sells his excess produce to reduce food waste and feed families in need.

How to Save Your Fresh Food Before it Goes to Waste

Beth from Budget Bytes shares her favorite recipes to stop perishable foods from going to waste

Elizabeth Olsen’s Perspective: Why Food Waste Matters

Elizabeth Olsen is working with Feeding America to help rescue 2.8 billion pounds of food each year through the Feeding America network. Read more in her own wo

Ten Ways Food Waste Hurts the Environment

Food waste in America has a negative impact on the environment – and Feeding America is fighting to rescue wasted food.

Food Waste Goes to the White House

The days of the current White House Administration may be winding down, but they still took time to make history recently by hosting the first White House Round

Recap: Feeding America’s First Food Recovery Summit

Food waste is a HOT topic, and it’s helping elevate the critical conversation of aligning food recovery and fighting food insecurity.

Keeping Food Out of Landfills and Onto the Plates of People in Need

Unilever is committed to working with Feeding America to end hunger by reducing waste sent to landfills & rescuing food that can be donated.

Fighting Hunger and Reducing Waste

Up to 40 percent of the good, safe food produced in America never makes it to people's plates. Instead 40 percent, or 70 million tons, goes to waste.

Feeding America to the (Food) Rescue

Today is America Recycles Day. At Feeding America, we find it unacceptable that so much food goes to waste when 49 million Americans face hunger.