Posted on 11/24/2025 7:41:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A major highlight of Thanksgiving is the menu, but the big meal can come with a lot of wasted food. Experts say a pinch of extra planning can ensure more gets eaten.
Roughly 320 million pounds (145 million kilograms) of food will be wasted at Thanksgiving this year, according to ReFED, a nonprofit that tracks food waste. ReFED says that’s largely because people prepare more food than is needed for the meal and then don’t finish the leftovers.
“That is essentially like five meals each for all of the food insecure people in the U.S.,” said Yvette Cabrera, food waste director at Natural Resources Defense Council.
It’s also a problem because most of that waste ends up in landfills, where it releases the potent planet-warming gas methane, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But a lot of those emissions are avoidable.
Here are some tips for a climate-smarter Thanksgiving meal without ditching tradition.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
I’ve always believed that rotisserie chicken is one of the best things anyone can buy - the chicken is already cooked, delicious, the meat is abundant and - is has a whole host of uses! I pick the bones clean from those chickens.
We make chicken sandwiches with the warm chicken, a Sunday treat after church, we look forward to it all week.
The only rotisserie chicken I won’t buy is the one from CostCo - and that’s because my dogs won’t touch it. My dogs will do back flips for rotisserie chicken from Walmart, Sprouts, Ralphs or Whole Foods, but won’t touch the ones from CostCo. My husband said if the dogs won’t touch it, neither would he, tried twice - and I’ve never bought it since.
“It’s also a problem because most of that waste ends up in landfills,“
So your saying that most of it becomes compost.
Isn’t that what we SHOULD be doing with the leftovers, then?
It is a great convienience, but I do need a week or two between purchases!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.