Approximately 38% of food in our country goes unsold or uneaten, and most of this ends up as waste in landfills or incinerators. The good news is there are many waste reduction solutions that span the food supply chain. The catch is that making many of these changes will take investment. ReFED’s analysis shows that an annual investment of $18 billion can reduce food waste across the food system by more than 21 million tons each year and generate $78 billion in annual net financial benefit. Capital from public, private, and philanthropic sources is needed. The federal government has long funded food loss and waste solutions, and over the past year it has made unprecedented investments in the space. To help potential applicants find and understand these crucial federal grant opportunities, ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work.