The "experts" say that hunger is a distribution issue as there is enough food in the world to feed everyone. In a book entitled Stuffed and Starved written some years ago, Raj Patel says that there are 1 billion overfed people and 800 million undernourished people.
Lots of food that is edible is thrown away daily. Apparently all that's needed to solve the hunger issues is the will to take action.
Yes, millions of tons of food is thrown away daily.