{"id":14656,"date":"2012-07-25T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14656"},"modified":"2017-09-19T19:43:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:43:59","slug":"reduce-food-waste-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/reduce-food-waste-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Ways To Reduce Food Waste at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We\u2019ve all heard the idiom “waste not, want not” before, but in today\u2019s fast-paced world following this sound advice can be difficult. Here\u2019s seven easy ways to reduce your food waste and help deal with extra food in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

1. Reheat Leftovers<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t get to your leftovers in time, reheating them after three or four days will re-sterilize them and help them last longer. I\u2019ve used this trick to more than double the shelf life of beans.<\/p>\n

2. Ferment Vegetables<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fermenting food is a technique that has been used for food preservation for centuries. Bread, pickles, cheese, and yogurt are all ferments. It\u2019s easy to find pickling recipes for all kinds of vegetables online. The best part is, fermented foods are incredibly healthy and they don\u2019t take up any space in the refrigerator. New to fermenting? Sandor Katz just came out with an amazing new book<\/a> that will walk you through it (and, yes, that’s an affiliate link).<\/p>\n

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3. Eat Your Leftovers<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know it can be hard, but try to eat those leftovers! Get creative with it and use leftovers as ingredients in new dishes. French toast was originally made to use up stale bread from the day before and the Chinese make a delicious porridge from leftover rice called congee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4.Shop More Often<\/strong><\/p>\n

Find the time to shop more often. The more often you go shopping, the less food you have to worry about going bad before you get a chance to use it. If you do chose this strategy, bike or walk if you can, otherwise any benefit to the environment will be more than erased.<\/p>\n

5. Use Breathable Produce Bags<\/strong><\/p>\n

Resealable and reuseable produce bags<\/a> that are especially designed to make fresh produce last longer by moderating the oxygen and CO2 levels within the bag. These bags use BreatheWay technology that allows the natural respiration of produce to slow its ripening process. Easy to use and a good way to make many fruits and vegetables last up to 50% longer (depending on the age of the produce when you put it into the bag).<\/p>\n

6. Start a Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is easier than it sounds<\/a>. Even a small garden will allow you to serve fresh-picked veggies. Not only will a garden help you reduce food waste, you can actually compost your food waste<\/a> and feed it to your garden!<\/p>\n

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7. Buy From a Farmers’ Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

Food from Farmers\u2019 markets is usually fresher than from the grocery store. This means it will last considerably longer, possibly taste better, and help support local & small scale food producers.<\/p>\n

Warren Howe is a writer for Clearly Fresh Bags and an avid gardener. \u00a0Clearly Fresh Bags keep fruits and vegetables fresh from the grocery store or farmers market up to 50% longer. \u00a0By creating the ideal balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide, Clearly Fresh Bags slow the ripening of produce for crisper, fresher, longer lasting fruits and vegetables.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Image credits:<\/strong> moon angel at flickr<\/a> under a Creative Commons license<\/a>; ZakVTA at flickr<\/a> under a Creative Commons license<\/a>;\u00a0canarsiebk at flickr<\/a> under a Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all heard the idiom “waste not, want not” before, but in today\u2019s fast-paced world following this sound advice can be difficult. Here\u2019s seven easy ways to reduce your food waste and help deal with extra food in the kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":14657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1392,1899,5904,19,5905,23,5906,48],"yoast_head":"\nReduce Your Wasted Food<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find yourself throwing away a lot of food? 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