There is a really interesting article in the Atlantic Food Channel about “The Cost of Wasted Food.” The author talks about his Thanksgiving experiences and how his family worked to use every aspect of their left over meal for one thing or another. The goal was to waste nothing.
He talks about how food waste isn’t just an issue of hunger. It’s also an issue of sustainable production. It is wasteful to produce all that food thats not eaten and to then process all the un-eaten food.
How much food is uneaten? This was kind of surprising.
University of Arizona researchers have concluded that about half–yes half–of all food produced in the United States is never eaten. The same study determined that a typical American household throws away almost $600 worth of food every year.
That’s intense. I know I definitely don’t do a good enough job keeping track of the perishable food that I have and whether I’ve eaten it or not. I think that this is a call that we can all take to heart.
Do you do anything to make sure that you don’t waste the perishable food in your fridge?
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