Food is a precious resource that often goes to waste

How many of these behaviors do you recognize?

• Buying or cooking more food than you can eat.
• Buying food products transported from distant sources when you could buy the same thing from local producers.
• Buying produce from faraway places like California, Mexico, and Chile.
• Buying produce that is out of season and tasteless and then throwing it away.
• Buying too much perishable food (meat/milk products/produce/deli) and then throwing it away.
• Succumbing to BOGO and sale offers or buying in bulk when you don’t need it.
• Throwing away food that has exceeded sell-by date, but still looks good.
• Buying “baby carrots” instead of whole carrots.
• Searching through produce displays to find the “perfect” apple/pear/cucumber, etc.
• Your freezer is a black hole where things go in and never come out.
• Buying ingredients on impulse for inspirations that don’t last beyond the store exit.
• Going to the grocery store without checking to see what you have on hand.
• Planning meals, then eating out or picking up because you don’t feel like cooking.
• Throwing away leftovers because they have been in the fridge too long.