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On average, 1,300 pounds of food waste per employee per year is sent to the landfill. About 3.25 billion pounds of food, in 2008, was sent to the landfill by supermarkets. Changing our shopping habits can help our local grocery stores cut back on sending food to the landfill.

this is a short video that i found about food how stores and how people can dontate food to food banks. they talk about how much food has been given to them

This website has several different options for people depending on their own specific needs.First and formost it gives a lot of general information on food wast and why it is so serious. There are suggestions on how to create the right portion sizes for meals as well as recipies, as well as ways to save your personal time and money. Suggestions as to proper ways to save and store your extra food.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that Americans waste 30 percent of all edible food produced, bought, and sold in this country, although it acknowledges that this figure is probably low.Part of the problem is the heterogeneous nature of food waste -there is no single culprit, just many diffuse sources that add up to a slow and steady bleed on the economy and the environment. This site tells us what we already know, just some random helpful information in there that is fun and good to know.

Everyone is responsible for food being wasted the biggest contributors being cafeteria's, restaurants, and grocery stores. The first steps to wage war on food waste are to buy conservatively and make just enough instead of to much. Also to embrace the three R's reduce, reuse, and recycle.

"Popcorn pops because water is stored in a small circle of soft starch in each kernel. As the kernel is heated, the water heats, the droplet of moisture turns to steam and the steam builds up pressure until the kernel finally explodes to many times its original volume."; Did you know that? Read through this site and you'll find more interesting facts on foods and articles on food waste.

Try and use a shopping list, start a hobby of canning foods, use unwanted foods in smoothies or quick meals. Need some recipes, this site has them for you, also found tips on helping you store your food. Composting basics, composting systems are explained in this site. Also local information is provided for you.

Eating all the food on your plate and how you can help in the consumption wasted each year, and what you can do about it. Save oil, water , time , and your wallet. This article pertains to these key terms and the energy that people constantly waste.

Americans push technology and sometimes their wallets to the limit to pursue energy frugality. But if you examine your plate, you could easily save fuel. The power that it takes to grow food, move it all over the country, process it, sell it, store it and then eventually scrape it into the trash is a major problem in the U.S.

This article explains a group of people that take food from stores that is getting thrown away and hand it out to the hunger. I find this very important because instead of the food being wasted someone is taking a stand and giving to the need instead of the dump. So we are killing two birds with one stone in this process.

This article expains ways caregiving facilitys can be more eco-friendly. With the installation of solar panels to save energy. The website also talks about how to construct a buliding to store heat and reduce heat all year-round with out air conditioning.

While reading this article I have realized many companies have been going the Eco- friendly route. On the way to work I saw the VA hospital have solar panels on the overheads in the parking lot. I also see a lot of churches installing solar panels.

I love the comments made in this article. I agree with the author when she states that people have to look at the solar panels as part of the system on the building and not as something added on.