Is Consuming Ugly Produce the Solution to Food Waste?

photo by Portland Monthly

This past week my science class began discussing food waste. Our parents have always told us about it. But is throwing away food really that big of a problem? After learning more about the food industry, food waste is a huge problem. According to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, the US annually throws out about 35% of the food supply. That’s more than 133 billion pounds of food. Food waste is…