Throwing away food ...most of us have done it. Whether it is leftovers that no one wants, something you changed your mind about eating, or food that has simply spoiled, we don't discard solely paper, plastics, and other non-edible items. Not just at home, but at businesses, the story is the same. Don't finish your meal at a restaurant and you don't take the rest home? What happens? It gets thrown out.
Now what about food items that are not just leftovers or unfinished meals? I mean food items that have never been touched other than when they were made or harvested and when they were brought into a location and then thrown away never used. You might say that doesn't happen, especially in the United States, a land of abundance.
Then you might be in for a huge surprise with today's film of the day, Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story. Grant Baldwin (the director) and Jenny Rustemeyer (the producer) both wrote and star in this documentary about, as stated on the film's website, "food waste and food rescue". The film follows up their 2010 film The Clean Bin Project, in which they argued in favor of waste reduction with an attempt to produce no trash for one year.
Just Eat It, however, will leave you stunned, both that it is happening and it is happening here in the U.S.
Terry
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