9 Ways to Cut Down on Food Waste
By Maura Judkis
US News & World Report / Aug 06, 08
Moldy bread. Just expired yogurt. Furry leftovers. Squishy green beans. They're festering in fridges across the country and headed for the garbage can or disposal.
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U C Davis Produce Facts
Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality
About Food Wastage
By Chaz Miller
Waste Age / Mar 1, 2004
According to a study by the University of Arizona
Garbage Project, Americans throw away 1.3 pounds of food every day, or
474.5 pounds per year. This is more than twice the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) estimates. In response to this and a previous
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study, the EPA has revised its
data methodology from the late '90s to present.
5 percent of American's leftovers could feed 4 million people for 1 day
Disposing of food waste costs the U.S. $1 billion a year
Rotting food releases methane, a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2...
Shoppers waste money on bad apples
About $500 per family goes out the
window a year along with bad produce
By Associated Press / July 23, 2008
The average U.S. household throws out nearly a quarter of the fruits and vegetables they buy. For a family of four, that adds up to about $500 each year, according to a study by the University of Arizona.
Produce Facts
Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality
Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center
Fruit & Vegetable Postharvest & Storage Information
A thorough summary of storage and postharvest
information for horticultural crops available on the Web. The most
common source of information is the Sydney Postharvest
Laboratory Optimal Database.
10 Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste
Save Money and Precious Resources
By The Daily Green / Jan 24, 2009
Many people think of food waste as a benign substance. It rots down in the landfill anyway, so no problem, right?
Surging costs of groceries hit home
By Robert Gavin
Globe Staff / March 9, 2008
According to the Boston Globe, escalating food costs could present a greater problem than soaring oil prices for the national economy because the average household spends three times as much for food as for gasoline. Food accounts for about 13 percent of household spending compared with about 4 percent for gas...
The Growing Food Cost Crisis
Sharp price hikes are hurting the
poor and sparking violence
By Kent Garber
US News & World Report/ March 7, 2008
To Americans, the combination of high food prices and social unrest is bound to stir up edgy memories of the early 1970s, when food prices were being pushed up by high energy costs and decreased supplies.
All About: Food waste
By Rachel Oliver
CNN / January 22, 2008
The problem, environmentalists say, is just that. When food rots, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says is 20 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide (CO2).
National Center for Home Food Preservation
The National Center for Home Food Preservation is
your source for current research-based recommendations for most methods
of home food preservation.
