MSNBC Takes On Food Waste

Airing tonight on MSNBC @ 10pm

http://www.foodwastemovie.com/

The United States wastes about 40 percent of all edible food, according to the National Resources Defense Council. If Americans saved a mere 15 percent of that, it could feed 25 million people.

On Earth Day this year (April 22), MSNBC will air "Just Eat It," a documentary that examines the ways that rigid commercial standards — for packaging, safety — lead to food waste. To demonstrate just how much food goes uneaten, filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer give up grocery shopping for six months and live off food that otherwise would have been thrown out. Read more...