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This PDF file gives an insight about the different levels that food is lost. It gives statistics and impressive facts about food waste. For example "Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion each year, but also 25 percent of all freshwater."

This is an article regarding the mistake that many of us do when reading the expiration dates we throe away good food. I am certainly to blame for this mistake. Reading this might help us save food.

This article talks about Malaysia switching to incineration because there's not enough space for landfills. The article also explains the amount of energy received from food waste and how its not that much compared to the cost.

This article is by the United Nations Environment Programme that gives a general run down of the topic of food waste. It then goes into some interesting and informing facts about food waste. These facts are separated into two categories, US and global do give many view points.

This article describes the building matter of the food loss problem. The website also goes over real life facts of the epidemic.

Pope Francis tells an audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, that "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry," he said.

Some more information that can be read on food waste and a little on how it effect price of some foods.

We live in a country with so much food, yet there are people who are starving and can't afford to eat. We buy and abundance and waste it all. How is that fair?

This article talks about how hunger is such a issue but yet we waste so much food. Their are so many people dying of starvation and lack of nutrients but yet we waste so much food.

This website advocates and helps promote food waste and hunger. Feeding America you can find ways to donate, assist or read heart felt story's on hunger.

The article focuses on all the areas of food loss. It give stunning facts about the amount of food that is wasted my industrialized and developing countries.

This website is from the Arizona group who have problems since they are a bordering area for distrubution. Your can also see that it has started a branch of food banks to provide them with produce.

(Sent original article to wrong ENG 102 group) Ever thought as a college student you could make a difference? Well a group of Students from Pomona's College started to try to save food from being tossed out. They would package it and send it to a shelter to help those in need. 3.7 million adults struggle to put food on the table, but 1.5 million tons of food get wasted and thrown away. Now there is something wrong with that. Donating food to the need has become a solution, but what if your willingness to help out gets turned down? One person turned donation food donations because the fear of rotten food and health code. How are we suppose to help food waste if others are squashing our solutions?

(Sent original article to wrong ENG 102 group) I always knew smartphones were handy, but reducing food waste is an all new level of smart! In July of 2012, about 222 millions tons of food was wasted. When solutions were running thin, someone broke though and added the world of technology to our world of waste. An app was created. Yes! Even your smartphone reduces waste now. The app that was created goes based off of household size, recipes, shopping lists, and meal preferences into one to help save Mother Earth from becoming a dump. Read this article to see how the diversity of people is compatible with the newest Smart Solution for food waste!

Just to show that food waste does happen at high rates in other countries and there is awareness out outside of America.

Food waste reduction, have you ever given it any thought. In this article there are several ways to reduce food waste. Ever thought Mama's homemade Casserole saved the planet? Well it does. Home cooked meals was only just one of the solutions to reducing food waste. Cutting back on the waste that is produced all comes down to how we live at home. Composting instead of garbage disposing or planning weekly meals can be small steps to a bigger solution.

Has food waste gone unnoticed? Food waste has become one of those things we do daily without any guilt of what we are doing. In "Stepping Up to the Plate to Reduce Food Waste" wants us to do just that. Nearly half of our food ends up in the garbage costing around $165 billion. About $160 pounds of food wasted and dumped in the garbage. This article recognizes food waste as a problem and wants to bring back all the old slogans you used to see. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Lets make the world a better place.

this web site talks about the percentage of waste that was recycle . waste such as aluminum,plastic,energy, resources , glass ......

This article explains what Environmental Sustainability really is, and how it makes decisions that reduce the business impact in environment. It also talks about business being expected to lead in the area of environmental sustainability as they are consider the biggest contributors.

The article discuses ways in how chefs and implying how you can save more food by eating animal parts that most don't. For example cooking food with an animals extremities.

The Writer in this website goes over the idea of food waste and understands that many people like to brush it off, if it was no big deal. The article describes the affects of food loss and simple ways to prevent it.

This is a great website for kids to understand the importance of food waste. The site illustrates facts in easy to read images. I would highly recommend this cite to parents that want their children to engage and understand food waste.

The online article explains the environmental, economic and social benefits from food conservation. furthermore ways to reduce landfills.

The article discuses ways in how chefs and implying how you can save more food by eating animal parts that most don't. For example cooking food with an animals extremities.