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Keeping Good Food From Going to Waste

Keep scrolling for lots of great info, Smart Strategies and Tools for preventing wasted food AT HOME.    Grocers, Restaurants, and Food Service: click HERE.

In the US, Wasted Food Accounts For...

By making small shifts in how we shop, store, and prepare food, we can keep the valuable resources used to produce and distribute food from going to waste.

Food is typically wasted when we buy more than we need, store it incorrectly, throw away leftovers or just cook too much.  The term “wasted food” is used instead of “food waste” because our program is especially addressing perfectly edible food, not just kitchen scraps.  The average Oregonian throws out 300 lbs. of food per year!  Use our website’s Smart Strategies to help prevent wasted food in YOUR home.

Courtesy of EPA, Sources on Graphics:
USDA Economic Research Service,(ERS) Total and Per Capita Value of Food Loss in the United State (2012); USDA ERS , The Value of Retail- and Consumer- Level Fruit and Vegetable Losses in the United States (2011); Venkat, The Climate Change and Economic Impacts of Food Waste in the United States (2012): Hall et al, The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impacts (2009)

Wasted Food Prevention
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Smart Strategies: Planning, Shopping, Prep
Smart Planning: Meal Planner
Smart Shopping: Meals in Mind Shopping List
Smart Prep: Prep Now, Eat Later
D.I.Y. Wasted Food Discovery Week form

EN ESPAÑOL
Estrategias Sagaces: Planificar, Comprar, Preparar
Mi Plan de las Comidas
Piense en sus Comidas Mientras Compre Alimentos
Sea Sagaz: PREPARE AHORA, DISFRUTE DESPUÉS
Formulario Que Le Indica Qué Tantos Alimentos Desperdicia

Smart Strategies: Storage
A-Z Fruit and Vegetable Storage Guide
Smart Saving: “Eat First” Sign
Freezer Inventory List
FDA’s Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart 
Freezing Fruits and Vegetables
Freezing Convenience Foods

EN ESPAÑOL
Estrategias Sagaces: Almacenamiento
Guía de cómo Almacenar Frutas y Verduras
Ahorros Sagaces: ¡COMER 1°!
Lista de los Contenidos
Tabla Formulada Para el Propósito

Featured Videos

Food Waste Hacks! - Mind Over Munch
Food Waste Hacks! - Mind Over Munch
An Animated Short Film about Food Waste
An Animated Short Film about Food Waste
The Life of a Strawberry
The Life of a Strawberry
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How to dice an onion

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