How much food waste does America create and what can we do about it?
America generates up to 1,000 pounds of food waste per person each year, enough to feed millions. Simple policy changes could help.
Food & farming
We should be able to trust that the food we buy in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health.
You want to lead a healthy life, and help your family do the same, and you trust that the food in the grocery store is safe, and grown in ways that won’t threaten our health or safety. But that’s not always the case, and the evidence connecting toxic pesticides to serious health risks, like cancer, continues to grow. It’s also clear that the early warning system for contaminated food, and our food recall system, need a serious overhaul. We can and should expect better.
The Latest on Food & farming
Toxic PFAS chemicals are being sprayed on crops across the country
How the widespread use of a bee-killing pesticide is threatening our food supply
Updates
Stop The Overuse Of Antibiotics
PIRG Urges McDonald’s to Honor Its Commitment to Reduce Antibiotics in Meat
High food prices could be linked to food waste, not just inflation
PIRG launches campaign to ban the destructive herbicide dicamba
Featured Resources
Food recalls: 2021 Trends and What They Mean for You
Chain Reaction VI
Health Professional Action Network
Food for Thought Part 2: An analysis of food recalls for 2022
Did You Know?
In 2019, more than 1.2 million people died worldwide from drug-resistant infections — which are only becoming more common as antibiotic overuse on factory farms threatens the future effectiveness of these medicines.
What We're Doing
We know we can get factory farms to change their practices if America's largest restaurant chains commit to serving meat that has been raised without the routine use of medically important antibiotics.
The Latest
Type
New report links beef raised with critically important antibiotics to McDonald’s
Investigative journalists allege U.S. beef producers use antibiotics World Health Organization deems most valuable to humans
Purchase turkey raised without overusing antibiotics this Thanksgiving
It’s worth spending a little more time and maybe a little more money to purchase a turkey raised without overusing antibiotics.
Why consider buying antibiotic-free meat
Buying antibiotic-free meat is important, but not for the reason you might think.
New Superbugs in Stock report: grocery stores failing to stop antibiotic overuse in meat supply chains
“Buy Nothing” Groups Are Tackling Food Waste
Team
Murray
Teresa
Murray
Consumer Watchdog, PIRG