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This article talks about how we, as Americans waste up to 40 percent of our food. It also talks about 5 projects that people are working on in order to help fix this problem, and how you can help.

This article talks about the massive amount of food that is wasted each year in America. It focuses more on the waste that goes on in the production, packaging, and shipping part than in our homes. It is a very interesting article that brings up many valid points.

This blog post/ article talk specifically about the food waste that occurs in restaurants.

This is a very interesting article. It talks about a restaurant in Australia that requires you to eat all of your food otherwise you are given a fine and told not to return. This is their part in helping reduce food waste with an interesting spin on it.

Great tips on how to cut down food waste. Cutting food waste how it helps you make yummy food in the kitchen. The last one is important to read.

Original: "Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without" is a favorite adage in both frugal and green circles, and it is something I strive to live by. One of the best ways to "use it up" is to think differently about our food and ways to avoid wasting it. Lloyd wrote a great post a while back about the statistics for how much food we waste in the U.S., and the numbers are, frankly, appalling. On average, we waste 14% of our food purchases per year, and the average American family throws out over $600 of fruit per year. Paraphrase: Half the loaf of bread goes stale and the grapes aren't as fresh. With an attitude to stop waste and some creativity, you can create new things with your food before it actually goes bad. Left over roasted vegetable can be made into soup and leftover rice can be added into oatmeal the next morning. There are many more ways to reduce waste in your home.

Not only does wasting food hurt our wallets but now we find out that it waste our energy too. The Texas University estimates that if America would stop wasting food altogether(by some sort of magic) that they would save 2 percent of its annual energy!!!

This particular article is about our food waste is also wasting energy at the same time. It gives very specific statistics about the foods we waste.

Great article that gives actual numbers and graphs on food waste.Goes over food transportation and also tips on how to reduce food waste!

Wasting food is not only wasting money, but it is unhealthy. We waste moneyand kill the earth and the environment at the same time. There are several things we can do to change our harmful way of life.

This website gives really efficient tips about sustainability not only in terms of food waste, but also how you could save money by doing simple things. So if you want to know what those things are, you should check it out.

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.

This artice has a several options to learn more about food waste and sustainabilty and all the different aspects within it. One of the main articles focuses on the simplicity of how something as easily obtained as an at home garden can make our world a better place.

There is such thing as raising healthy food humans as well as animals that doesn't harm the environment, thats save  and equal for workers (even farmers), respects the animals and supports our communities. As humans we need to recycle not waste, we need to refuse what is reusable and make our environment safe.

This gives you guide on practices to reduce food waste. It gives you various reasons on why you might want to look into reducing your waste.

We sit here wasting hundreds of tons of food every year. This talks about how we have people starving while we carelessly throw out food every day.

This gives you suggestions on how to reduce wastes during the holidays. We all know that during the holidays lots of food can go to waste.

The costs of food waste is enormous, it adds up to every one in five bags of groceries goes in the trash. We can make a difference by saving leftovers and managing how much money you spend on groceries. Remember that saving food from the dump starts with you

A website that tells us what happens to our recycling. Check it out because it also includes videos about collection services, recycling center, food waste. 

This article gives some tips on how to improve food waste.

I found this article interesting because its talking about how putting our waste in the garbage disposal can reduce the global warming potential. Maybe if everyone could participate in this it could make things bettter

This article specifically talks about how recycling every night rather then taking the easy route of just throwing in the trash can help the environment out. Its also talks about compostiong

There are many options gorocers, resturants, and food processors have to reduce waste. Discovery of new ways to reduce the amount of food waste generated and save money. Because waste prevention can reduce purchasing and disposal.

This is a great paper explaining to businesses the benefits to reducing waste. One example it gives is to give their food they would otherwise waste to local food banks.