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Did you know that the average person wastes close to one pound of food every day? Every year, an average of 76 billion pounds of food waste coming from the consumer level are being dumped in landfills.  Food waste is a gargantuan problem because it costs us ¼ of our water supply. Just imagine how much water is wasted growing food that will just eventually go to waste. Rotting food also produces methane gas, which contributes to the greenhouse effect and global warming.  If you want to lessen the problem with food waste, start in your own home. Here are the things you can do:  1. Don’t buy more than you need. It helps to create a meal plan for your family before the start of a new week. This way, you will know how much food to buy. Calculate how much food your family consumes. You can also rely on the food portion recommendations of nutritionists.  2. Make a list of the ingredients you are going to buy at grocery stores in Vancouver...

It’s actually true. Organic food in Vancouver can be expensive. Because of the added effort of growing organic food in Vancouver, they are usually priced higher than your regular non-organic produce. However, this doesn’t mean that you should be saddled with the hefty price. Although organic food in Vancouver has a higher initial price, you can do a lot of things to lower down the overall costs of consuming organic food. Buy Only What You Need You don’t need to buy all your fresh produce organic. You just need to focus on buying fruits and vegetables that are dirtier than the rest. It’s okay to buy sweet corn, onions, pineapples, eggplants, asparagus and avocados that are not organic because they are usually grown without the need for a lot of chemicals. However, you should buy your spinach, kale, strawberries, grapes, peaches and apples organic because these fresh produces are usually the most riddled with chemicals.  Don’t buy too much – just enough for the recipe...