# Today is International Food Loss and Waste Awareness Day, a day to promote awareness and collective action to reduce food loss and waste. Globally, around 13.2-percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 19-percent of total global food production is wasted in households, in the food service, and in retail altogether. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says reducing food loss and waste helps to protect natural resources and biodiversity, reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and maximise the use of food produced.
It’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste