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World Food Day: 645 million hungry, over a billion tonnes wasted

More than a billion tonnes of food is wasted each year, much of it at home, and Al Jazeera says planning meals and storage can cut it.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on Best of BBN
Published 3:38 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: Janak Bhatta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Which countries waste the most food, and how to reduce waste at home”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 3:38 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.

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Al JazeeraWhich countries waste the most food, and how to reduce waste at home

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorToday is World Food Day, and the numbers are hard to look at: six hundred forty-five million people are going hungry, while more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted every year.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA billion tonnes. I don't even know what that is in followers.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera reports that much of it is thrown out at home, and its practical advice is modest: plan meals, store food properly, and eat what you already bought.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEat what I already bought. Gloria, I have a container in my fridge that has become a separate government.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have reported from places where that container would be a feast, and I'd ask you to open it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOpen it?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOpen it, Kenji.

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