Together against food waste
Whether cooking at home or eating out, people tend to waste a lot of their food. The United States wastes 40 percent of their food every food every year. The important fact that just a few people know is that when food rots it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is dangerous for the environment. Whether you believe or not, just with some little easy tips you can save money and help to protect your planet.
Firstly, feed animals with your food. Let your household pets clean your plates but make sure you are not feeding your animals anything that might be dangerous for them. For the people who don't have any pets, contact local farmers to see if they would be interested in accepting your food scraps to feed their livestock. The EPA for example supports this initiative so go and check their page.
Then buy only food you know you will eat. I know it sounds very simple but it helps to reduce food waste.Try to shop only when you need to and use a shopping list and never go shopping when you are hungry, to don't make any impulsive buyings. Furthermore you should plan your meals for the week with your family and only cook meals that everyone likes.
Last but not least, use food which is about to become bad in creative ways to keep them from spoiling. Everyone knows this problem. You have an apple for example but it doesn't look so fresh anymore although it is still good but anyway you decide to put it in the trash. But to avoid this, turn fruits that are slightly over-ripe into smoothies or use them in bakings. Vegetables that are starting to go limp can be used in stock or turned into soup and hard bread can be turned into crumbs or into croutons for soups and salads. So get creative with your use of leftovers.
It is never too late to reduce food waste and to help this planet. Any single person who reduces food waste is helping this planet. So start with it, as you can see, you do not have to do anything difficult and you do not have to pay money. Share it with your family and friends to persuade them to reduce food waste and to become a real hero for this planet!
Sources:
Bloom, Jonathan. “Wholly Ugly”http://www.wastedfood.com/.March 21,2016.Web.March 9,2016
Haugan, Janeth.”How to cut back on food waste at home”.http://blog.leanpath.com/.Leanpath. November 23, 2015.Web. March 9, 2016
“how four questions can prevent Restaurant plate waste”http://saynotofoodwaste.org.March 14,2016.Web.March 16,2016
Jacobs,Robin.”how to reduce food waste at home”http://learn.eartheasy.com.eartheasy.Nov 3,2014.Web.March 5,2016
Hi Sophie,
RispondiEliminaI read your blog, and I found some interesting solutions in it. The one that I liked the most, was the one of buying food that is about to become bad and cooked it in a creative way.For the people that like to cook, like me could find this a great idea. The other solutions were pretty good, but I also think, that cooking less amount of food could help to reduce food waste. I agree with you in the last paragraph, when you said that it isn´t too late to change our bad habits, and start reducing food waste. This is a big problem that people should be more concern about.
thanks for your respond. I like your idea of cooking a less amount of food , it is a simple but effective way to reduce food waste. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
EliminaYour paragraph is good ans simple to read. when you talk about pets that's not as eazy as you say.For exemple you can't give spicy things to your pets and you canno't give it too the farmers too.you right for your shoppinglist but when you go with your children they are always cleaming something.And it s very dificult to control your fellings when you are hungry.For the exmeple with the apple you right but you can buy less fruits so you will keep your money and your trash will stay empty.Futhermore is dificult to find a mealt that's everybody appreciate execpt simple mealt as pasta or rice.And it's also depend of your deseare to eat, if you want to eat a lot or just a few.
RispondiEliminaThanks for your response. You are right, you cannot always feed your pets with your leftovers but I assume that nobody cooks spicy meals everyday. If you have children who are always claiming just don't take them with you while shopping or arrange with them that they just can buy 1 or 2 things. Furthermore I already described that you shouldn't go shopping when you are hungry. And you don't always have to cook something what the whole family likes, but it wouldn't make sense to cook a meal that only you like. So cook something that at least two people like or cook it in a less amount so that you can be sure there wont be any leftovers.
EliminaHello Sophie.I am Helen.I just read your blog and it simply makes me smile,that people like you exist.I like your idea about using leftovers to make another kind of food.I do this all the time with my mom,as much as I can.The thing that I can't agree so much is giving leftovers to pets.Benjamin is right,they can be too spicy,but not only.It will be an insult for the poor people.I mean..they are starving but we are giving our food to animals...They have their own food,if you want to have pets,support the consequences and buy their food.The leftovers per example you can try to make a new kind of food and give it to a poor man on the street ,if you don't eat it.Don't just give it to the animals..I don't know what signifies for you,but for me is kind of an insult for the ones that die of starving.They are living things,I know,but still,we are the humans,we need that food.They can have another food,they can even get it alone,it's in their animalistic instincts.But overall is a good blog.Nice job.And thank you for existing.You're a beautiful person.
RispondiEliminaHello Sophie.I am Helen.I just read your blog and it simply makes me smile,that people like you exist.I like your idea about using leftovers to make another kind of food.I do this all the time with my mom,as much as I can.The thing that I can't agree so much is giving leftovers to pets.Benjamin is right,they can be too spicy,but not only.It will be an insult for the poor people.I mean..they are starving but we are giving our food to animals...They have their own food,if you want to have pets,support the consequences and buy their food.The leftovers per example you can try to make a new kind of food and give it to a poor man on the street ,if you don't eat it.Don't just give it to the animals..I don't know what signifies for you,but for me is kind of an insult for the ones that die of starving.They are living things,I know,but still,we are the humans,we need that food.They can have another food,they can even get it alone,it's in their animalistic instincts.But overall is a good blog.Nice job.And thank you for existing.You're a beautiful person.
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