Tag: zero waste
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Tips to Reduce Food Waste
According to the USDA, 31% of food is wasted on a retail and consumer level. This can be damaging to the environment and economy as it wastes land, water, labor, and energy required to produce this food. Most Americans are unaware of why this is so harmful to the environment. Intuitively, food breaks back down…
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How to Make Your Own Vegetable Stock
Cooking in this day and age can sometimes seem nearly impossible. We simply just don’t always feel equipped to just whip something out. That’s why having a kitchen stocked with some basic items is helpful in your cooking journey. I always keep plenty of vegetable stock and bone broth in my freezer to have on…
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7 Things You Can Do with Dehydrated Orange Slices and Peels
If you haven’t gotten into the habit yet, I highly encourage dehydrating orange slices and peels. I love cutting up a few oranges and dehydrating them every so often, as I can keep them in my cabinet and pull them out every so often for decoration or a garnish. There are so many things to…
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Why Compost? The Benefits of Composting
It seems that more and more people are talking about composting in an effort to help the environment. But helping the environment is just one of the many benefits of composting. Over the decades we’ve adopted a consumerist lifestyle. We seem to throw away things as soon as we obtain them. And although some of…
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How to Reduce Your Food Waste in 2019
If there’s anything that I’ve learned in this past year it’s that we produce so much unnecessary waste that contributes to a bigger deficit in our wallets and a bigger carbon footprint. We often think that ‘food waste’ can solely be reduced by “cleaning your plate”, but there is so much more waste produced from…