• Using Leftovers to Minimize Food Waste | Brown Rice Fritters

    Nearly 40 million tons of food is wasted each year by United States households, retailers, and food services, while half the world is on the verge of starving, or actually dying of starvation. In low-income countries most food loss occurs during food production, while in developed countries most food is wasted at the consumption stage. It is estimated that a quarter to half of all food produced in the US goes to waste—either left in fields, spoiled during transport, thrown away at the grocery store, forgotten until it spoils, or scraped into the garbage. In the United States, 40% of food waste occurs at home. The United States has turned into a culture of waste and bad habits. Wasting food and other resources is a form of ignorance—a lack of comprehension on how…