Reducing Food Waste

Food Waste Resources

• About One-third for the Food Americans Buy is Wasted - The Conversation and The Ohio State University
• A National Strategy to Reduce Food Waste at the Consumer Level (2020) - The National Academies Press
• Working Together to Reduce Food Waste pdf - Fact Sheet, K-State Research and Extension
• Working Together to Reduce Food Waste pdf - Leaders Guide, K-State Research and Extension
• Checking Out Wasted Food: A Breakdown of Retailer Best Practices for Wasting Less Food pdf - Climate Collaborative
• Food Waste and Loss - FDA
• What You Can Do To Help Prevent Wasted Food - USDA Food and Nutrition Service, UPDATED January 14, 2020
• How to Cut Food Waste and Maintain Food Safety pdf - FDA
• Food Loss and Waste - USDA
• Food Waste: reFED
• Food: Too Good To Waste Implementation Guide - Environmental Protection Agency
• Sustainable Management of Food - Environmental Protection Agency
• Reducing Wasted Food at Home - Environmental Protection Agency

 

Salvaging Good Food - Videos

• Evaluate Canned Food - Purdue University
• Evaluate Food Boxes - Purdue University
• Evaluate Food Jars - Purdue University

Composting

• Composting publications - K-State Research and Extension
• How to Compost - North Dakota State University