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Editorial: How much food are you throwing away?

Households throw away more than $2,000 worth of food per year
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Fruit and veggies are too often thrown away as food waste. (Citizen file)

It’s a paradox. At a time when some are having trouble affording good quality food as prices rise, we are also throwing away a lot of food in this country.

A recent survey commissioned by Chefs Plate in response to recent news telling us that most people don’t really understand what best before dates are found that households throw away more than $2,000 worth of food per year.

That

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