https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2 en-us 2023-03-16 14:20:10 UTC 2026-03-06 13:32:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f355.png https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519508971 The discarding of edible food into the trash.]]> 2023-03-16 14:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519508971 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519511373 Food loss and waste is food that is not eaten
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/]]> 2023-03-16 14:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519511373 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519513058 In places with improper storage that causes food to rot]]> 2023-03-16 14:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519513058 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514385
Supermarkets, restaurants and consumers

]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514385 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514392 Food waste is safe, high-quality food that is thrown away rather than eaten.
https://www.feedingamerica.org/our-work/reduce-food-waste]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514392 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514619 Food trash build up from food that us not eaten or properly disposed ]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514619 vanmetera1_1 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514762 Buy food from restaurants at the end of the day. You get a huge discount and the food doesn't get wasted!]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514762 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514918 Global warming is worsened because when the wasted food decays in landfills it adds to the emissions of the materials used to make the food]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519514918 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515260 Food waste is food n which is not consumed and is ultimately thrown out or not eaten 
https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions/ ]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515260 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515617 The  consumption and subsequent discarding of food mostly at the real and consumption stage in the US but occurs all along the production process. 

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515617 23ldonnelly2 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515863 - make a weekly menu
- freeze extra food
- make a shopping list 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327325#make-a-weekly-menu ]]> 2023-03-16 14:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519515863 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516051 https://www.eu-fusions.org/index.php/about-food-waste/280-food-waste-definition]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516051 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516092 Supermarkets, restaurants and consumers are responsible for the majority of food waste in the U.S. and other developed countries.  Grocery stores contribute to food waste by encouraging consumers to buy more than they need, overstocking shelves, inaccurately predicting shelf life or damaging products.]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516092 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516511 Households restaurants and super market s 
https://moveforhunger.org/startling-reality-food-waste-restaurants

]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516511 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516937 "The term “wasted food” describes food that was not used for its intended purpose and is managed in a variety of ways, such as donation to feed people, creation of animal feed, composting, anaerobic digestion, or disposal in landfills or combustion facilities."

https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/sustainable-management-food-basics]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516937 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516996 Edible food is discarded at every point along the food chain: on farms and fishing boats, during processing and distribution, in retail stores, in restaurants and at home.
https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519516996 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517041 Homes, businesses, restaurants ]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517041 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517165 If food goes to the landfill and rots, it produces methane,a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide, which can cause global warming.]]> 2023-03-16 14:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517165 vanmetera1_1 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517589 Veggies can almost always be turned into soup. Add some beans, tomatoes, and broth and it becomes minestrone. Add some stale bread to that, and you have ribollita.]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517589 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517695
Eating leftovers and knowing when things expire or how they are best stored.]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517695 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517910 Increase in global emissions by ten percent  
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2022/01/24/food-waste-and-its-links-greenhouse-gases-and-climate-change]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519517910 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518087 “Food waste is any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be recovered or disposed]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518087 23ldonnelly2 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518416 At restaurants, always get a takeaway box for your leftovers because restaurants waste food a lot. 

https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/tips-reduce-food-waste ]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518416 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518718 https://moveforhunger.org/the-environmental-impact-of-food-waste
Resturants supermarkets

]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518718 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518767 Be less pick eaters https://www.abcpediatrictherapy.com/health-and-social-impact-of-a-picky-eater/#:~:text=Not%20only%20does%20picky%20eating,%2C%20isolating%2C%20and%20extremely%20frustrating.]]> 2023-03-16 14:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519518767 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519519039

Create a meal plan

Save and eat leftovers safely

Store food appropriately

]]> 2023-03-16 14:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519519039 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519519563 https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2020/study-calculates-true-cost-of-food-waste-in-america.php
Food waste represents massive amounts of wasted money and needless environmental impact from wasted greenhouse gas emissions and energy]]> 2023-03-16 14:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519519563 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521041 Compost, safely store leftovers, use leftovers creatively ]]> 2023-03-16 14:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521041 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521686 More than 50 percent of the waste occurs during “upstream,” or the production, yield handling, and storage phase, and the remaining happens during processing, distribution, and consumption stages or the “downstream” phase.]]> 2023-03-16 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521686 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521986 https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2022/01/24/food-waste-and-its-links-greenhouse-gases-and-climate-change
exacerbates the climate change crisis with its significant greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint.]]> 2023-03-16 14:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519521986 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522399 restaurants, homes, landfills

https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/sustainable-management-food-basics]]> 2023-03-16 14:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522399 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522429 Food wasit happens at all stages of the food production process. But it happens more during the the retail and consumer stage in developed countries, and during harvest and transport more in developing nations. 
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/]]> 2023-03-16 14:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522429 23ldonnelly2 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522557 It harms the environment, wasting water, oil, releases methane, & harms biodiversity. 

https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/43551/five-ways-food-waste-environment/ ]]> 2023-03-16 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519522557 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519523169 Take an inventory. Take stock of your pantry, refrigerator and freezer before going to the store to prevent overbuying.]]> 2023-03-16 14:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519523169 vanmetera1_1 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519524748 This post is a recipe for pasta with leftover veggies. Almost any leftover veggies can be combined with pasta or another grain. Maybe make homemade fried rice?]]> 2023-03-16 14:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519524748 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519526108 Greenhouse gases, wasted food, 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/fight-climate-change-by-preventing-food-waste]]> 2023-03-16 14:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519526108 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519528390 1. buy only what you need
2. store food wisely
3. eat leftovers]]> 2023-03-16 14:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519528390 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519529593 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/

This waist and rotting of food in large quantities contributes to climate change, specifically giving off more methane emissions. It also has a negative effect on the economy and is a wait of not only food but money ]]> 2023-03-16 14:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519529593 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519530931 move older food to the front of your fridge. freeze,can, or dry any surplus food. take restaurant leftovers home.

https://food.unl.edu/article/preventing-food-waste]]> 2023-03-16 14:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519530931 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519532620 Food waste is when a consumer wastes foods, governments are trying to cut down on consumer food waste in cities.]]> 2023-03-16 14:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519532620 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519535459 Improving food production and transportation will eliminate waste in the beginning of the process. And recycling food waste to feed animals or to create compost, bioenergy, and natural fertilizers will also help reduce food waste and benefit the environment.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/]]> 2023-03-16 14:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519535459 vanmetera1_1 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519536626 The date stamped on your packaging is not often the date when the food needs to be tossed. Use you nose and your common sense. Freeze food that won't get used right away, or cook large quantities and freeze the leftovers. Future you will be thankful for the meals you stashed ahead of time.]]> 2023-03-16 14:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519536626 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519545852 Food waste happens when problems occur in manufacturing/transportation facilities or when it doesn't meet standards in look. It can also happen from a personal consumer when they waste it.]]> 2023-03-16 14:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519545852 https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519559491 Food waste contributes to pollution ]]> 2023-03-16 15:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jtowndrakes/nroli6ffrwknfnb2/wish/2519559491