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7 Ways to Host a More Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner - BHG
Host a Thanksgiving feast without bushels of waste. You’ll be grateful for these sustainable holiday tips that will save you money while helping to save the Earth.
Thanksgiving is all about abundance. The once-a-year celebration is designed to commemorate a big feast, so it’s time to splurge, right? We’re all about building an epic Thanksgiving menu, but have started reconsidering our typical shopping and meal prep strategy after coming across a couple of shocking statistics: 200 million pounds of turkey are tossed Thanksgiving week alone in the U.S., according to the National Resources Defense Council. And we’re not just talking turkey.
“American eaters waste about 5 million tons of food [in the five or six weeks] between Thanksgiving and the New Year. By comparison, in one year, Americans waste about 34 million tons," says Danielle Nierenberg, the president and founder of Food Tank, a Baltimore, Maryland non-profit focused on building a more sustainable food system. "That means a lot of turkey, pies, and Christmas cookies are ending up in the trash—instead of in our stomachs.” So we teamed up with Nierenberg to assemble your guide to hosting a more sustainable Thanksgiving dinner. Mother Nature—and your budget—will thank you.
Host a Thanksgiving feast without bushels of waste. You’ll be grateful for these sustainable holiday tips that will save you money while helping to save the Earth.
Thanksgiving is all about abundance. The once-a-year celebration is designed to commemorate a big feast, so it’s time to splurge, right? We’re all about building an epic Thanksgiving menu, but have started reconsidering our typical shopping and meal prep strategy after coming across a couple of shocking statistics: 200 million pounds of turkey are tossed Thanksgiving week alone in the U.S., according to the National Resources Defense Council. And we’re not just talking turkey.
“American eaters waste about 5 million tons of food [in the five or six weeks] between Thanksgiving and the New Year. By comparison, in one year, Americans waste about 34 million tons," says Danielle Nierenberg, the president and founder of Food Tank, a Baltimore, Maryland non-profit focused on building a more sustainable food system. "That means a lot of turkey, pies, and Christmas cookies are ending up in the trash—instead of in our stomachs.” So we teamed up with Nierenberg to assemble your guide to hosting a more sustainable Thanksgiving dinner. Mother Nature—and your budget—will thank you.