Wasting Food: Farm to Fridge to Landfill
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2010-11-03/wasting-food-farm-fridge-landfill
Guest Host:
Marc Fisher
American farms, ranches and processing plants produce nearly 600 billion pounds of food every year. But almost half of that bounty ends up being thrown out, uneaten. It's left in the fields, spoiled in transport, thrown out in the grocery store or simply forgotten as it wilts in the back our refrigerator. We examine the practical and ethical impact of food waste in America, and consider how farmers, businesses and home cooks can make better use of nature's bounty.
Guests
Jonathan Bloom
Writer, WastedFood.com; Author, "American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food" (De Capo)
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I know that this got in too late, but I thought I would send it anyway. I think that if people make an effort to get locally produced food, and have some contact with the people who grow it, they are less likely to waste. For one thing, the food is more expensive, so you can't waste it. In addition, you respect the food more because you understand the work that went into producing it. I also encourage people to rediscover canning. It is possible to get vegetables in large quantities at the end of the growing season for very little money. This food can be preserved at home and eaten in the winter. Living in Maryland, we get nearly all of our food locally during the growing season (and put up canned food). Meat, eggs and milk we get locally year round. I work full time (~50 hours per week), and it is still very possible to do this, so time should not be a issue
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