Kitchen Confessions Blog
Did you know? In the US, wasted food accounts for …
Food is wasted when we buy more than we need, store it incorrectly, throw away leftovers or just cook too much. The average Oregonian throws out 300 lbs of food per year.
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. Use our Smart Strategies to help prevent wasted food in your home.
We use the term “wasted food” instead of “food waste” because our program addresses perfectly edible food, not just kitchen scraps.
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)
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NFLB presents to 500 Women Scientists Corvallis: NFLB Director, Jeanette Hardison gave a recent Tap Talk presentation along with avid local composter Linda Sebring. They discussed preventing wasted food and properly composting the rest. Check it out!
Thanksgiving Leftovers
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