According to America’s Second Harvest, over 41 billion pounds of food have been wasted this year. Fifteen percent of food that homes throw out includes products still within their expiration date but never opened. Timothy Jones, an anthropologist at the UA Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology who led the study, estimates an average family of four currently tosses out $590 per year, just in meat, fruits, vegetables and grain products. Nationwide, Jones says, household food waste alone adds up to $43 billion, making it a serious economic problem.
How much food is your family throwing out just because it is never eaten? Here is a brief infograph of how to keep foods fresh in your refrigerator. We’ve also included a video that gives a few tips on keeping good fresh to help you eat what you have before it goes bad. How do you make sure you don’t waste food?
