How much American-grown food is currently going to waste in warehouses while people face global hunger?

The United States is wasting approximately 475,000 metric tons of food that is sitting unused in warehouses - an amount sufficient to feed nearly 40 million people. This massive food waste crisis is occurring at a time when millions of people worldwide are experiencing hunger and food insecurity. The situation has been exacerbated by recent changes in USAID policies that have impacted food distribution systems. This highlights a critical disconnect between food production and distribution, where perfectly good food produced by American farmers remains stored rather than reaching those in desperate need of nutrition assistance globally.