摘要:The U.S. food supply is the
most varied and abundant in
the world. Americans spend a
smaller share of their disposable
income on food than citizens of any
other country and choose from an
average of 50,000 different food
products on a typical outing to the
supermarket. In 1994, the food supply
provided an estimated 3,800
calories per person per day, enough
to supply every American with
more than one and a half times their
average daily energy needs. Given
this abundance, few of the Nation¡¯s
resources have traditionally been
devoted to measuring or reducing
food waste.