A family of four can save more than $1,500 a year by making changes in how they shop, prepare and store food.
Americans families throw out approximately 20 percent of the food and beverage they buy.
Impacts on the environment
Twenty-five percent of U.S. freshwater supplies go to producing food that is wasted.
Throwing away one apple is like dumping 25-gallons of water down the drain or running your shower for 12 minutes.
Impacts on the community
Americans waste 1,249 calories in food, per person, every day.
Nearly one in six households (16.1 percent) in Oregon were "food insecure" between 2013-15. That means they lacked consistent access to adequate amounts of nutritious food.