California Communities Confront the Food Waste Crisis | Earth Focus

Millions of tons of often perfectly good food gets thrown away every year in the United States. All that waste also contributes to the climate crisis with rotting organic food in landfills emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. We look at what’s being done to reduce food waste, from efforts to redirect edible food from landfills to the hungry, to community composting efforts in South LA and explore a more sustainable approach to food shopping and home kitchen organization.

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