What are we upcycling?
The costly staple that’s central to our very existence — food.
About 30% of food in American grocery stores is thrown away, according to data from the USDA and waste management firm RTS, which compiled a comprehensive report on U.S. food waste. U.S. retail stores generate about 16 billion pounds of food waste every year, thrown out for reasons that range from blemishes on produce, an impending expiry date (usually set with plenty of margin) or the wrong color lid on a perfectly good jar of pasta…