Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo