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Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Food Waste in Your Communities
February 22, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
About This Webinar
In the United States, approximately 30-40 percent of edible food goes to waste (USDA, 2021). Most people don’t realize how often they waste food and the immediate and long-term impacts it can have for food security and the environment. With rising food prices, many of us are looking for ways to stretch our food budgets – one place to start is by reducing the amount of food that we throw out. Food waste at home often happens in small amounts: uneaten leftovers, bread that molds before it is eaten, or milk that spoils before we can drink it. This webinar focuses on home food waste and how we can minimize it. Discover the types of food most often wasted and how making some simple changes in how we shop, cook, and store food can help stretch your food resources and budget.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the types of food most often wasted at home.
- Examine the differences between avoidable, possibly avoidable, and unavoidable food waste.
- Identify at least 2 habits to minimize food waste in the home.
Presenter
Jenna Anding, PhD, RD, LD
Professor & Extension Specialist
Department of Nutrition
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Jenna Anding, PhD, RDN, LD is currently a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutrition. A registered and licensed dietitian, Jenna has more than 20 years of experience in developing and evaluating Extension education programs on topics that include food preservation, food safety, and nutrition. Over her career, Jenna has secured more than $50 million dollars in contracts, grants, and gifts to support AgriLife Extension programming efforts. More recently Jenna has worked collaboratively with faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to secure funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand her work into community development to address healthy food access and opportunities for increasing physical activity.
Continuing Education (CE) Credit
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Event Materials
Food Insecurity Assessment Video
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