HOW Much Food is wasted at Thanksgiving? 

So many Thanksgiving ingredients end up trashed at various points throughout the food supply chain - from leftover pumpkins in the field to unsold birds stored in the warehouses to oversized portions on consumers’ plates. It’s a waste of our resources, a waste of our cooking time, and quite frankly, a wasted opportunity to put food on the table in food insecure households.

We’ve gathered statistics from a 2014 USDA report on food losses in the United States, and showcased how these percentages translate to the Thanksgiving plate.

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