Fighting food losses in the US

Abstract

The problem of food waste and loss is one of the most important components of the global food problem. Its relevance has been steadily growing in the last 2-3 decades, due to the huge (about 1 billion tons annually) volume of food waste and loss against the background of a number of other problems, in particular, the degradation of the main natural resources used in agricultural production, as well as the presence of a significant number of hungry and malnourished population. Along with the fact that a significant amount of food waste and loss is produced in the USA (about 100 million tons annually), the formation of a coherent system of measures to combat food losses has begun in the country. This article is the second part of the study, and is devoted to the analysis of the system of measures to reduce food loss and waste undertaken in the United States at the state level. In conclusion, some problematic issues that hinder the effective solution of the problem are also considered.