Americans throw out more than one third of the food produced in the U.S. each year - enough to fill 320,000 jumbo jets – with most of it going straight into landfills.
But a lot of this waste could be eliminated with smarter shopping habits and better meal planning, some nutrition researchers argue.
"The average American family throws away 23 pounds of food each month, averaging around $190 thrown into the garbage," said study co-author Katie Brown, chief global nutrition strategy officer at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation in Chicago.
"Becoming more observant of food that finds . . .
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