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A new report estimates more than 17 percent of the world's food supply is wasted. In the United States, that number is doubled. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — A year into the coronavirus pandemic, families in Fairfax County are still struggling to make ends meet. Millions can't put food on the table for their families, while others frequently go to bed hungry.
The pandemic left a profound mark on families both here and throughout the world. Yet while millions of our neighbors go hungry, many of us are wasting and throwing away food at unprecedented rates, according to a recent United Nations report.