THINK, EAT, SAVE

PERSUASIVE ESSAY

Feeding the world population requires an enormous amount of land and resources. Right now, in the US, around 40 percent of food goes to waste. Reducing our own food waste is an easy way to reduce our spending and our environmental footprint.

Food Waste or food loss is food that is discarded, lost or uneaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous, and occur at the stages of productions, processing, retailing and consumption.

You can save your planet and save your money by doing three easy things:
THINK, EAT,SAVE. Are you ready?

THINK. For this issue i would suggest solutions such as using shopping lists when you go shopping, planning meals to make sure you consume all the products before the expiration date, buying from bulk bins to get the right amount of food you need, don’t succumb to supermarket tricks because you will buy more food. Most foods can be safely consumed well after their use by-dates.Some websites can help you get recipes to store products that might go bad soon. You can donate the food  that you are not going to eat to food banks, soup, kitchens, pantries, and shelters. The people who work in a restaurant can reduce portion sizes, I mean, huge portion sizes at restaurants can lead to large amounts of food waste because some people are unable to finish the meals they order so restaurants can reduce this type of waste by offering smaller sizes of menu items.

EAT. Pack up your extras when you go to a restaurant so you can eat later but if you don't want to eat them later, freeze them. This issue is so important because only about half of Americans take leftover home from restaurants so you should eat leftovers. You can buy products only when you see that the products in your freezer are about to finish to reduce food waste. Don't let your friends throw out food in front of you.

SAVE. Consider the possibility to buy funny fruit, I mean fruit which is not perfect because of its size, shape or color. Use your freezer to conserve your frozen foods indefinitely and save your money. If you go to a restaurant ask for half-portions instead of requesting big portions. You can also make your own orchard in your garden instead of buying fruits at the supermarket. Some food waste is inevitable such as eggs shells, banana skins and tea bags because they are cheaper than other foods.

When you throw food away, think of the people who don't have anything to eat and the amount of people who are dying. If I were you I would follow the solutions to save my money and to help those people. I assure you will be grateful.

THINK, EAT and SAVE.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY (MLA FORMAT)

- ''Saving leftovers saves money and resources''. Natural Resources Defense Council. March 2013. Web. March 20, 2016.
- ''Food Facts, Your Scraps Add Up''. NRDC.org. Natural Resources. Nov 19, 2014. Web. 6 March 2016.
-  ''Reducing Wasted Food At Home''. EPA gov. United States Environment Protection Agency. Jan 19, 2016. Web. March 6, 2016.