Slate's Top 10 Tips For Reducing Food Waste

Slate:

A few weeks ago, after serving up some sobering statistics about food waste in America, the Lantern put out a call for your best tips on how to avoid refrigerator rot. Nearly 200 of you responded, with some big suggestions (move to a place within walking distance of a grocery store) and small ones (grow your own herbs). Here are 10 key lessons that emerged from your letters and comments.

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Comments

[Aldous Huxley]

01:28 AM on 07/23/2010

wow,

I realize that many live in the city.

my rules are
1) make a menu plan weekly, give yourself some wiggle room for what main course on what day

2) buy 1x per week
3) stick with the plan
4) pull all of the packaging off of the "processed food" and recycle all of you can.

the 2 of us fill a 12 gallon trash bag once a week because we recycle EVERYTHING we can.

My wife and I, during the summer have a small garden. we grow veggies, what we do not use, we dry or freeze for personal use. what we cannot use we judicually(excuse spelling) give away.

All year round, all of the veggie scraps, coffee grounds etc,,,, no meat, no fat of any kind go into
the composters,

we live in the desert, and have a healthy, generous garden

to everyone n the city, find a way to build a garden,,,,,,,,, anywhere,,,,,,, everywhere----------

[Ozark Homesteader]

01:12 PM on 07/22/2010

By growing our own food and harvesting as we need, we have much less food waste than we would from frequent shopping. Do you want carrots with dinner? Dig some up. It's true that we have feast and famine with certain seasons (e.g. tomato gluts), but we just indulge then in the produce, knowing that come January we'd give almost anything for a juicy, flavorful summer tomato. http://ozarkhomesteader.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/six-months-away-when-eating-in-season-means-no-fresh-tomatoes/

[Aldous Huxley]

01:32 AM on 07/23/2010

dried tomatoes, same in olive oil.

blanch them, puree them and then freeze them----------------------------

there is no such thing as a glut.

all are great in spagheti-------------------

signed, an ex restaurant owner, and current international consultant---------

[Jacqueline R]

03:24 PM on 08/20/2010

Very true! I also make marinara sauce and such and then can it. Which makes a quick meal on lazy nights really easy.