Food waste

[shootingstar]

Nothing new. Guess that figure is based on several people in 1 household.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle19923151/

“The average Canadian household wastes between 500 to 750 grams of food per person a day, or about $1,500 a year.”

My biggest problem at this time of year is trying to resist buying too much fresh veggies and fruit at good prices. No, I don't have a big enough freezer to freeze lots either. So some of the stuff does spoil.

[Donna1960]

Get a juicer!

[shootingstar]

We have one ..in another city nearly 1,000 km. away. No, I don't consider it an essential thing to lug it back on next plane trip. Actually he bought it to use it and used it for only 3 yrs. For juicing primarily carrots.

[PamNY]

Can you take the spoiled food somewhere for composting? Seems to be a growing trend. Where I live, farmer's markets accept materials for composting, and NYC is starting home pickup in some areas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/ny...m-expands.html

[OakLeaf]

+1 on the juicer. I sold my Champion juicer years ago and now I really wish I had it back, though honestly I don't know where I'd put it. They do take a lot of counter/cabinet space.

Don't forget making stock either, most food scraps in our house go into the freezer to make random stock. You'll still need to compost the cooked and squeezed remains, but there's less of it with less nutritional value to compost.

And +1 on looking for someplace to compost if you don't have a place for a compost bin/heap of your own. If you're not in the habit of travel, a worm bin is a great indoor solution. If you're away too much to maintain a worm bin, then ask your favorite farmers at the farmers' market. You may find that some of them already accept customers' compostables, sometimes they even give a discount on produce in return!

Of course with composting we're not just talking about waste of edible (or formerly edible) food, but also scraps, tea leaves, coffee grounds, etc. which are wasted, too, if they're not composted.

[malkin]

Chickens!