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Food Waste

30 Day Blogging Challenge

How much do you know about food waste in your country? Spend some time researching this issue and share a fact you learned. How conscious of your access to food are you and in what ways can you be more responsible for reducing your own food waste?

To be honest, I don't really think about it and that is the problem. Most people don't think about it and in doing so we model that behaviour for others around us - namely children.

When I really think about it, I think of my grandparents. They lived through the depression. They were farmers and they were poor. My grandmother did many things to conserve and use all the food that was produced and consumed. I think we need a little more of that. They did not have refrigeration. My grandmother canned and preserved all the food she could. Thinking about how they lived, makes me embarrassed by the waste I generate.

If we want to change it has to change with each and everyone of us. We need to be conscious and aware of the situation.
There was an article in the newspaper this morning.

http://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/headlines/study-finds-more-than-half-o...
This got me thinking.... and knowing I need to do something at my own level...

From last fall:
https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/8943212-food-waste-something-to-think-ab...
My grandmother was also really good at making something from the left overs all to often we just toss things out. We don't want to take the time or make the effort.

So what can we do?
Here is a food waste diary to see what happens on an individual (Family) basis:
https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/blog/2013/January/keep-track-of-you...

Let's Plan To Reduce Food Waste in 2019
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/12/23/lets-plan-to-reduce-food...