date:Feb 17, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that annually, over $161 billion of food at the retail and consumer stage of the supply chain goes uneaten. Food loss also occurs on farms and in the pre-retail distribution channelsthe Food and Agricultural Organization estimated 30 percent of losses in fruits and vegetables occur in these earlier stages.
USDAs Economic Research Service recently examined the substantial role that expected costs, revenues, and risks play in food loss at the pre-retai