My group and I are working on reducing food waste in America. Americans waste around 119 billion pounds of food per year. This causes 34 million people in America to go hungry. Have you ever thought about how this waste impacts our environment? Food waste in America is equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 42 coal-fired power plants. In addition, it is enough water and energy used to supply more than 50 million homes, the amount of fertilizer used in the U.S. to grow all plant-based food for U.S. human consumption, and an area of agricultural land equal to California and New…