Food scraps

Composting doesn't need to be a full backyard operation: Read on for how you can get started today, and why it's so good for the environment.

Tips how to regrow food scraps, from Amy Pennington's new book, 'Tiny Space Gardening: Growing Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Small Outdoor Spaces.'

How to get creative with skins, pits, and stems.

Want to use up food scraps, and prevent food waste, while eating great meals? Try these tasty, inexpensive recipes that give new life to food scraps.

Experts share what types of takeout containers can be reused, and which should not be used again. Also how long to use takeout containers and when to recycle or toss them.

This startup is working out the most efficient way possible to pickup leftover food from restaurants and deliver it to charities in need. It's like Fresh Direct for unused food.

Want to learn how to make homemade vegetable broth with leftover vegetable scraps? You've come to the right place. Homemade broth is so easy to make, plus it's a great way to reduce food waste! Use it in soups and stews, or to cook legumes, grains and more. #vegetablebroth #foodwaste #reducefoodwaste #vegetablescraps | crowdedkitchen.com

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There's no doubt about it: groceries are one of the most expensive necessities we regularly purchase. A great way to reduce expenses at the checkout counter, is to grow your own food. Start a garden, small or large- your tummy and your pocket book will thank you for it. Here's another idea; have you heard of re-growing your fruits and veggies from scraps? If not, you're in for a treat! We don't live in a Star Trek world where we can simply ask a food replicator to make a salad from thin air…