Food insecurity in the United States has seemed like an insurmountable problem for so long, despite the amount of surplus food large companies throw away every year. In the US alone, 108 billion pounds of food are wasted every year, amounting to about 40% of the food in the country . The majority of this food is wasted by businesses, who can’t sell nearly as much food as they order. A good many organizations have stepped in to try and redistribute this surplus food, including Forgotten Harvest . Founded in 1990, the mission of Forgotten harvest is to rescue food surpluses and make them accessible to people with food insecurities.  Forgotten Harvest delivers food directly to families living in the greater Metro Detroit area who are facing food insecurities. Through this program, hundreds of families have been fed and are able to live without wondering where their next meal will come from. By Celeste Holmes