For more scary stories and inspiration, search "Food Waste Friday." It was started by the Frugal Girl, who correctly thought that publicly posting pix of her food waste would help her not waste so much, and has spread greatly. Here's FG's food waste Friday posts (http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/category/food-waste-friday/).
For an experience to scare then inspire, check out Ready Set Simplify on the subject (http://readysetsimplify.com/category/food-waste/).
I often plan meals around what needs to be used up. Today N's lunch included the non-dried-and-wrinkly parts of a half eaten apple. Without realizing it I started meal planning as well, so now I buy produce for specific recipes in addition to produce that just looks tasty.
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For an experience to scare then inspire, check out Ready Set Simplify on the subject (http://readysetsimplify.com/category/food-waste/).
I often plan meals around what needs to be used up. Today N's lunch included the non-dried-and-wrinkly parts of a half eaten apple. Without realizing it I started meal planning as well, so now I buy produce for specific recipes in addition to produce that just looks tasty.