I am reading an article in the November 2016 issue of 5280 magazine on food waste. The article covers a variety of topics associated with food waste in the U.S. and I will likely write more than one blog post inspired by the article. For today, I will start with the statement that according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), households in the U.S. throw away 25% of the food they buy. Throwing away the food you buy wastes all the resources used to produce, prepare, and transport the food, in addition to being a big waste of your money. Also, the wasted food produces methane when it decomposes in the landfill. There are many reasons to reduce the amount of food wasted after you bring it home. Today we’ll focus on leftovers because they can be a big contribution to the volume of wasted food. Some ideas that work for me:
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