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.Lunch just ended inside Harvard's Annenberg Hall.And there's still a lot of food left, but these students are making sure none of it will go to waste.Each week, they help package 1,200 pounds of leftovers into microwaveable frozen meals.Environmental studies major Motoy Kuno-Lewis got involved because decaying food creates methane gas, one of the leading causes of climate change.But, of course, there's another reason to do this.Food insecurity is an issue, and it's a very pertinent issue even in an area like Cambridge.The meals are delivered to other schools, like MassBay Community College in Wellesley,where over half the school's population experiences some form of food insecurity.So that could mean, you know, the people aren't getting enough, you know simply aren't able to afford food.That could mean that people aren't able to afford healthy foods.Maxwell Morrongiello is on the student government's Food Insecurity Committee, and he also grabs a meal for himself a couple times a month.
大家可能难以置信――美国人每天浪费近15万吨粮食。也就相当于每个人浪费了1磅粮食。这个数字十分惊人，毕竟美国近13%的人口都感受到了粮食危机的存在。根据PBS驻波士顿公共电视台记者克里斯蒂娜・奎恩，波斯顿地区的大学生正在努力助力减少粮食不安全的差距。安娜伯格大厅学生食堂的午餐时段刚过。还剩下了很多食物，不过哈佛大学的学生们正在着力确保这些餐食不会浪费。每周，这些学生都会帮忙打包1200磅剩饭剩菜到微波炉可加热的餐盒中冷冻。环境研究专业的路易斯参加了这项行动中，因为腐烂的食物会产生甲烷气体，而甲烷又是气候变化的首要原因之一。不过，他做这件事当然还有另一个原因。粮食危机是一个问题，与大家密切相关，就连坎布里奇这样的区域也不例外。这些餐食会送往其他学校，比如韦尔斯利的马萨诸塞州湾社区学院。该学院半数以上的师生都感受到了不同程度的粮食危机。所以，也就是说，大家能获得的粮食不够充足，只是因为买不起。这也意味着人们买不起健康的食物。麦克斯韦在学生会的粮食危机委员会，就连他自己每个月也会有那么几次随便对付一口的时候。
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