Every year, approximately 40% of food produced in the U.S. is lost or wasted, costing us around $380 billion. This translates to tens of billions of meals tossed at a time when nearly 50 million Americans are struggling with food insecurity—not to mention more organic matter in our landfills, which generates planet-warming methane emissions.

The NO TIME TO Waste Act has the potential to address all of these problems in one fell swoop. Let's urge our federal representatives to support it!