OH THE GUILT OF LITERALLY THROWING MONEY IN THE GARBAGE… (I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS STRUGGLED TO STOP WASTING FOOD)
Before we can have an honest conversation about how to stop wasting food, we need to look at some statistics. Did you know that just one quarter of all wasted food could feed the 795 million undernourished people around the world who suffer from hunger (source)?? What about the fact that In the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted(source)?
I used to tell myself I should try to eat yogurt and melons. Both are pretty icky as far as I’m concerned. So really what I did was buy, store, and throw away yogurt and melons. Madness.
This (usually) means – for me – no more fresh produce from Costco. Saving a couple of bucks isn’t really saving if you’re throwing half of what you buy away. Big giant bags of salad aren’t allowed into my house. We can’t eat a giant bag of salad before it dies. Big tubs of mushrooms on the other hand? No problem. (I put mushrooms in everything.)