How much food do you throw out each week?
Posted by kathryn in Ethics & Sustainablity
According to this article on the Wild Oats website, people in the US throw out 25% of the produce they buy, because it’s gone off. I suspect it’s a similar situation here in Australia. What a waste!
The article is an excellent guide to getting the most out of your fruit and veg. It covers storage tips, information on why food goes off and (my favourite part) a list of the fastest to the slowest spoilers.
You can use this to avoid waste, by eating the fastest spoilers first and the slowest last. However, it’s also a great resource for when you’re doing your shopping. Buying a mixture of fast and slow spoilers, ensures you are eating a variety of fruit and veg, while also giving you food that stays fresh and delicious the full week.
How much food do you throw out each week?
22 June, 2007
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this is interesting as we rarely throw out any food in our household, but we do run out of fruit and veg and go hungry rather often, (even though we go shopping 2-3 times a week) and have been known to give ourselves food poisoning from eating food which really should have gone on the compost heap. i love your blog kathryn btw.
Rosyapple – thank you so much for your comment. You obviously have the opposite problem from most people! Maybe buy a few things to go in the freezer, so they’re available if you run out, but don’t need to be used if you have enough?
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