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How can you stop wasting so much food? Beard Foundation wants to teach you how - West Central Tribune
As with the impacts of climate change and poor dietary habits, the effects of food waste are not felt right away. You may notice the amount of leftovers and spoiled produce that you toss into the trash every week, but you don't see the mountains of waste rotting in landfills, generating billions of metric tons of greenhouse gases and wasting the Earth's freshwater resources.
The James Beard Foundation, under new chief executive Clare Reichenbach, wants to use its national platform to raise awareness and help professional chefs and home cooks alike combat a complex production, supply and consumer problem that annually results in the waste of about one-third of all the food grown in the world. As part of its new multi-year campaign, the foundation has released a new cookbook, "Waste Not," featuring tips and chef-driven recipes that use whole vegetables or scraps. It has also launched a weekly promotion, Waste Not Wednesday, to encourage consumers to learn how to better manage their household food.
As with the impacts of climate change and poor dietary habits, the effects of food waste are not felt right away. You may notice the amount of leftovers and spoiled produce that you toss into the trash every week, but you don't see the mountains of waste rotting in landfills, generating billions of metric tons of greenhouse gases and wasting the Earth's freshwater resources.
The James Beard Foundation, under new chief executive Clare Reichenbach, wants to use its national platform to raise awareness and help professional chefs and home cooks alike combat a complex production, supply and consumer problem that annually results in the waste of about one-third of all the food grown in the world. As part of its new multi-year campaign, the foundation has released a new cookbook, "Waste Not," featuring tips and chef-driven recipes that use whole vegetables or scraps. It has also launched a weekly promotion, Waste Not Wednesday, to encourage consumers to learn how to better manage their household food.