Startup uses old-fashioned technique to combat America's food waste problem: 'Why didn't we do this 50 years ago?'

Startup uses old-fashioned technique to combat America's food waste problem: 'Why didn't we do this 50 years ago?'

The world wastes 1 billion meals worth of food every single day.  That shocking fact from the U.N. Environment Programme puts into stark terms the massive problem of food waste, which produces planet-heating pollution and wastes precious resources such as water.  In a world where around 750 million people go hungry, food waste also highlights the tragic fact that there is enough food to nourish everyone, but the problem is distribution.  A start…