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Seven people sent me the January 1st New York Times article “How Central Ohio Got People to Eat Their Leftovers”.
It’s the story of a mom reaching into the back of her fridge to pull out a leftover dinner, stuffed peppers, and scraping it into the garbage. Watching, her 10-year-old daughter burst into tears. The 4th grader had learned about the impact of food waste on the planet. That people go hungry. That US households waste nearly a third of the food we buy. She learned that when food rots in landfills it generates methane, a greenhouse gas (GHG) far more potent than carbon dioxide. That our food waste is responsible for twice as many GHG emissions as commercial aviation. Seeing her own mother toss one of her favorite meals in the trash brought all this home.
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