807 million. That’s the number of people who could be supported by US cropland, according to a fascinating new study published in the journal Elementa. Of course, there’s a catch: the US could self-sustain 800m people IF we were all vegan. Continuing with our current national diet, high in meat and sweeteners, there’s carrying capacity […]
40%. That’s how much food is wasted in America – 20 pounds per person per month. At the consumer level, we discard about 25% of food purchases uneaten – this is the biggest single “leak” from the system. All this waste, and yet one in six people in the US does not have reliable, nutritious […]