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As US hunger rises, Trump administrations efficiency goals cause massive food waste

Washington, Dec 1 (The Conversation) The US government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trumps second term. Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes and temporary and permanent cuts to food assistance programmes have left farmers short of workers and money, food rotting in fields and warehouses, and millions of Americans hungry. And that doesnt even include the administrations actual destruction of edible food. The U.S. government estimates that more than 47 million people in America dont have enough food to eat even with federal and state governments spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year on