The US wastes a shocking amount of food, roughly 40 percent of the food it produces, much of it perfectly edible and nutritious. Food is lost or wasted for a variety of reasons, from the farm to the store to the restaurant to our very own home kitchens, where each household, maybe even yours, is throwing away around 21 percent of the food it buys.
In this episode, we talk to experts about why food waste is a problem, touch on how some grocery stores, restaurants and food companies are working to fix the problem, and dig into some of the cultural reasons why our society treats food as disposable. Finally, we cover how you can reduce your own kitchen waste, getting advice from chefs for how to make changes in how you shop, cook and eat that will make a meaningful difference environmentally and economically.
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