How to reduce food waste

                                                                                      By Mingzhe

 Do you know that the global annual waste of food is about 20 million tons every year? Did anyone ever tell you that  Americans waste about 21% food of all the production? Do you know how many people are still starving? Do you know how to change this situation? You do not need to do something difficult and great, just something easy. For example,you can make a list of  the food you need before buying it,store food properly, or use extra food for leftovers or petfood.

 Every day, when we go shopping for food, most people never have a list of everything they need to buy. So sometimes we buy something we don’t need, like something we already have.Or sometimes we forget to buy something important. If you have a list of every food you need to buy, you will never buy too much food. This way,you won’t waste it either.

Next,as everybody knows,different foods need different ways to preserve. But a lot of people don’t know how to save them but just put them in the fridge or put some of them on the table. Some things need to be stored carefully. For example,you need to store rice in somewhere that is cool,dry and ventilated, so that you can prevent it from becoming moldy.

 

 But,some people will say,although we use the right way to store food, some of them still will be stale. Do we have a better way to use the extra foods when they are fresh? Yes, we can use them to feed your pet, cook and share with your friend, or cook them and sell them.

 We have a lot of ways to reduce food waste. Some of them are easy and some of them are difficult but useful.If you want to try,you will find out how important it is. If everyone does something easy to reduce food waste, we can change the world!