PUBLISHERS ORCA Book think orca Question connect and take action to become better citizens with a brighter future Now that’s smart thinking Good Food Bad Waste Let’s Eat for the Planet Erin Silver illustrated by Suharu Ogawa
Contents Introduction 1 Chapter One Full Fridges and Family-Sized Foods 3 Too Much Food Is Tossed Away 5 How Much Is Too Much 5 Why So Much Food Gets Squandered at Home 8 Other Causes of Food Waste 9 Too Precious to Spoil 10 Dumpsters Filled with Food 12 Chapter Two Food Waste Feeds Global Warming 15 The Real Cost of Growing Food 16 Putting Food Waste on the Map 19 The Link between the Planet and Your Plate 19 Eat to Save the Planet 20 Mooo-ving toward Change 24 Beyond Beef 26 Chapter Three Food for All 29 Governments Can Help 30 Smart Thinking 32 Gleaning from Farms 34 Upcycling and Peeling Good 38 There’s an App for That 40 Food on the Move 41 Planting a Community Garden 42
nov nov nov BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE BEST BEST BEST Chapter Four Hungry for Change 45 Feeding Animals 45 More Than Slop 46 The Power of Food Waste 48 High-Tech Power Plants 48 Food Waste Outside Your Home 50 Composting 54 Common Ground Spotlight on San Francisco 56 Create Rich Soil at Home 57 Chapter Five Taking a Bite out of Food Waste at Home 61 First Things First How Much Food Are You Wasting 61 Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste 63 Good News Food-Waste Action Campaigns Are Working 73 Start a Food-Waste Campaign at School 74 Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference 76 My Food-Waste Journey Continues 77 Glossary 80 Acknowledgments 82 Index 83
