Wasted food – and land, labor, chemicals, water and energy. ATU Images via Getty Images December 12, 2022 About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets Brian E. Roe, The Ohio State University Reducing food waste at home is an action that anyone can take to help slow climate change, often saving money in the process. More consumer education could help show people what to do.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock October 31, 2022 Cooking from meal boxes can cut household food waste by 38% – new research Shantanu Mullick, Coventry University; Erica van Herpen, Wageningen University, and Sebastian Schuster, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment & Energy People tend to waste more of their meals when buying the ingredients from shops, our survey showed.
Moms and dads have better physical and mental health when they dine with their children – despite all the work of a family meal. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images April 30, 2021 Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids Anne Fishel, Harvard University All that planning, shopping, prepping, serving and cleaning can pay off with better physical and mental health for all members of the family.