WASTE LESS FOOD PLEDGE 2 Question Title * 1. YES, I PLEDGE TO WASTE LESS FOOD!(Enter your name in the box below) Question Title * 2. In order to waste less food, I pledge to... (choose at least 3 of the following ways to waste less food). SHOP smart by checking my freezer, cupboards and fridge before I shop SHOP smart by using a shopping list and/or a weekly menu, regularly, with quantities when possible SHOP smart by choosing loose fruit & veg, and bulk grains to help control quantities STORE smart by using my freezer for foods I can't get to in time STORE smart by using clear storage containers in my fridge STORE smart by labeling items with their "open date" or "freeze date" PREP smart by preparing my produce when I get home from the store PREP smart by doing a quick freezer/fridge tidy each week to keep food visible PREP smart by trying batch cooking EAT smart by serving smaller portions and allowing seconds EAT smart by having a leftovers night each week EAT smart by designating an area of the fridge for foods that need to be eaten first/soon Question Title * 3. Which of these three categories inspires you the most to waste less food? Wasting food means I am also throwing out the money I spent on that food. Natural resources (like energy water and land) used to grow and transport my food are wasted when I throw that food away. There are many people that don't have enough to eat, while I waste food. Question Title * 4. What are the top three reasons you waste food at home? Don't consider my schedule when I shop Don't plan meals Shop without a list Not sure what I have in the fridge/freezer Forget to eat leftovers Won't eat leftovers Make too much Serve too much Buy too much "Expiration" date has passed Food goes bad before we can eat it Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. Of all the food you buy, what percentage do you think you waste? 0%-10% 11%-20% 21%-30% 31%-40% 41%-50% Over 50% Question Title * 6. I will share the following information with friends and/or family: You may be wasting more food than you think. The average family wastes $130 a month or more on food they buy, but don't eat. Wasting food means wasting valuable natural resources used to grow and transport the food. One in six Americans are food insecure. Reducing our wasted food by 15% could feed 25 million people. Question Title * 7. For more tips, ideas and information, visit us at www.WasteLessFood.com and join the Waste Less Food Facebook page at: www.Facebook.com/WasteLessFood YES! I will answer a short online survey in a few months to be entered in a monthly drawing for great prizes to help me reduce the food I waste. Question Title * 8. Please provide your email Question Title Print your pledge and put it on your fridge as a reminder! Done
