About 108 billion pounds of food is wasted every year in the United States, __24__ hunger-relief organization Feeding American. That amounts to more than $161 billion __25__food. “The first thing to do is stop __26__ at the source… trying to avoid food waste __27__ by redistributing it and by getting it to the people that need it,” Dylan Lew said. “We are the step right below to basically catch anything __28__ they can’t redistribute.”