Producers, sellers, and consumers all contribute to tons of food waste. John Oliver discusses the shocking amount of food we don’t eat. When we scrape off our dishes after a large meal, too full to finish the remaining scraps on our plate, we rarely pause and think about the significance of our action. It seems routine to us: if we have leftover food scraps that are unfit for ... Continue Reading
6 Feasible Ways to Help Reduce Food Waste
30 per cent of household food goes waste! Wonder, if the true cost of the carbon footprint of getting food on our table were priced in, would we still witness food waste of this magnitude? This post from The Mindful Word urges us to look the problem of food waste squarely in the eye and take conscious steps to tackle it. It’s about this time of year that I start wondering what ... Continue Reading
Infographic You Will Want To Take To The Grocery Store And Tape To Your Fridge
Did you know that we waste 1.3 billion tons of food each year? How? Check out a great infographic below that was released by Sustainable America. There are a few things that we do in our family: Use all the stems, leaves, etc that are not used in cooking for veggie stock Compost Give away leftovers to the ones in need Shopping list planning What do you ... Continue Reading