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7 Ways to Host a More Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1660" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/planning/sustainable-thanksgiving-dinner/" target="_blank"><strong>7 Ways to Host a More Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner - BHG</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p></p><p>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 <a href="https://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/menu/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving menu</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/andrea-spacht/thankful-feast-not-wasteful-one" target="_blank">National Resources Defense Council</a>. And we’re not just talking turkey. </p><p> </p><p>“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 <a href="http://www.foodtank.com/" target="_blank">Food Tank</a>, a Baltimore, Maryland non-profit focused on building a more sustainable food system. "That means a <em>lot </em>of turkey, pies, and <a href="https://www.bhg.com/christmas/cookies/100-best-christmas-cookies-ever/" target="_blank">Christmas cookies</a> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1660, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/planning/sustainable-thanksgiving-dinner/'][B]7 Ways to Host a More Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner - BHG[/B][/URL] [B]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.[/B] 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 [URL='https://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/menu/']Thanksgiving menu[/URL], 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 [URL='https://www.nrdc.org/experts/andrea-spacht/thankful-feast-not-wasteful-one']National Resources Defense Council[/URL]. 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 [URL='http://www.foodtank.com/']Food Tank[/URL], a Baltimore, Maryland non-profit focused on building a more sustainable food system. "That means a [I]lot [/I]of turkey, pies, and [URL='https://www.bhg.com/christmas/cookies/100-best-christmas-cookies-ever/']Christmas cookies[/URL] 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. [/QUOTE]
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