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Jonathan Bloom is the author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It). The North Carolina-based journalist also writes the blog WastedFood.com.

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Be Thankful, Not Wasteful

Posted November 24, 2010 | 09:40:12 (EST)

This Thanksgiving season, here's a suggestion I think we can all get behind: Be Thankful, Not Wasteful

Thanksgiving celebrates abundance. And we should absolutely enjoy the celebration. At the same time, I don't think we honor anyone or anything by wasting food. What then?

I'm calling on you to help...

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How Avoiding Food Waste Aids Our Environment

Posted October 28, 2010 | 18:21:00 (EST)

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was, obviously, a national tragedy. Yet every year we squander 70 times that amount of petroleum through a simple, preventable source: wasted food.

There are ethical and economic reasons why we shouldn't waste food. But, putting those aside, the environmental impacts alone make our...

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