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PSA: Food waste stats finally got me to prep meals
I always rolled my eyes at meal prepping. Thought it was for influencers and people with too much time. But last week I read a study that said nearly 40% of food in the US gets thrown out. That number hit different when I looked in my own fridge and saw half a bag of spinach I forgot about. It got me thinking about all the methane that rotting food makes in landfills. So I spent Sunday chopping veggies and cooking rice for the week. I still think prepping is a chore, but at least I'm not tossing as much stuff. Anyone else get pushed over the edge by a random stat like that?
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kevin_wells465d ago
That stat really puts things in perspective huh. It's wild how one number can flip your whole mindset on something you never gave a second thought to before.
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patkelly5d ago
Jumping off that point, what gets me is the water waste side of it nobody talks about. All that food we toss took gallons of water to grow and ship, so we're basically pouring clean water straight into a landfill every time we throw away a sad tomato. That realization hit me harder than the methane stat because water's getting scarcer every year where I live. Makes the meal prep chore feel a little more like a responsibility than a flex.
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