A quarter to half of all food produced in the United States goes uneaten, a lot of it scraped into the garbage or forgotten until it spoils.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/from-farm-to-fridge-to-garbage-can/
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/from-farm-to-fridge-to-garbage-can/
