An Imperfect Food System: It All Comes Back to Climate Change

Minorities have been the hardest-hit and the last to be served when it comes to climate-caused natural disasters, rising sea levels, and of course, global pandemics. Preventing food waste can improve global food security by easing the effects of climate change on food production and on disadvantaged populations.

How to Shop Responsibly (and Buy Less Stuff)

Many of these items (plastic and paper cups, utensils, napkins) are so cheap to produce that they automatically come with our food—even if we don’t want them to. As a result, we view these “free” materials as nearly worthless, and they go from single-use resources to “zero-use” resources: how many times have you received a straw with your drink that you didn’t use, or a clean napkin that you threw away with the rest of your meal?