HOW TO SAVE MONEY BY REDUCING FOOD WASTE AT HOME

Ask anyone on the street if “waste” is a good thing, and you will hear a resounding “no”. Intellectually we all know that waste of any sort is not good, and yet, every year in the United States we needlessly waste over 63 million tons of food[1] (around 40% of our nation’s total food supply). “Oh no, not me” you say. Well, you are not alone. Three-quarters of surveyed Americans believe that they discard less food than the average American[2], but nearly 85% of all food waste happens in homes or in consumer-facing businesses such as restaurants, retail grocers, and cafeterias. Every month we each throw away 20 pounds of food on average. That is equivalent to 45 bananas, 2 turkeys or 16 potatoes! At the same time one in seven Americans, 46.7 million, is food insecure.