NEWSHOUR SHARES - Harvard University's Cafeteria

"How uneaten college cafeteria meals can help fight food insecurity" PBS NewsHour 2/6/2019

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SUMMARY:  In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, go inside a cafeteria at Harvard University where student volunteers package 1,200 pounds of leftover food into microwaveable meals for those in need.  Special correspondent Cristina Quinn of WGBH reports.

Judy Woodruff (NewsHour):  Believe it or not, Americans altogether throw away about 150,000 tons of food every day.  That is about one pound of food per person.  It is a staggering figure, considering nearly 13 percent of this country's population experiences food insecurity.

As Cristina Quinn from PBS station WGBH reports, Boston-area college students are trying to help close the food insecurity gap.