‘Wasted’ Food May Aid The Fight Against World Hunger

The average American family throws away $500 worth of food every year. It's estimated 750 billion dollars worth of food is wasted worldwide. That's 1.76 billion tons, yet millions of people around the world are starving.  Americans are particularly wasteful. We routinely prepare more food then we eat, and allow the leftovers to spoil. We Throw tons of produce away because it's allowed to go bad before we prepare and eat it. Mashable reports, an international group of graduate students decided to seek a solution. Their efforts have resulted in FoPo Food Powder. It's processed from food stuffs that are on the verge of going bad. The product reportedly retains a significant percentage of the nutritional value of the original produce.