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One massive national problem that can be solved. Food waste.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alony, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues of Americans care about most.

The U.S. is the most successful producer of food and world history, but no less than 40%, almost half, is wasted.

There's waste in farming, transportation, processing, and distribution. But the most wasteful place of all?

The American home. Do you understand what those sell-by or used-by or

best-by dates really mean? Probably not, because the answer is different in different places.

We'll hear what can be done to waste less up and down the food chain at a time when one in six

Americans don't have enough to eat. Today's talking point has Hollywood come to grips with slavery.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, I'm Armin Alney back with To The Point. At a time when one and every six Americans

doesn't always know where the next meal is coming from, 40% of the food we produce is being wasted. We'll hear how that happens, up and down the food chain, what it means for the environment, and what can be done. Today's talking point, Hollywood has long been accused of sugarcoating the worst of American history, is 12 years a slave, a reality check.

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