30: Cutting Back on Food Waste and Trash by Canning and Pickling with Sailing Totem's Behan Gifford
When we’re out on our sailboat in Mexico I am often thinking about trash. We have to rinse out, crush, compress and store our trash, sometimes for over a week - and then carry it to shore in a dinghy or on a paddleboard.
It’s an annoying process that makes me seriously want to reduce the amount of trash I create both on the boat and in the van. And not only just GARBAGE, but food waste as well.
In fact, I recently read a startling article in the New York Times about food waste where I read these crazy statistics:
- The average U.S. household wastes nearly a third of the food it buys.
- Households account for 39 percent of food waste in the United States, more than restaurants, grocery stores or farms.
- In the United States, food waste is responsible for twice as many greenhouse gas emissions as commercial aviation.
Let’s think about that again. Our rotting food waste in landfills creates MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS than commercial aviation. Incredible, right?
Behan Gifford of Sailing Totem is an expert in reducing both garbage and food waste on her sailboat. She has wonderful tips and advice and what WE can do RIGHT NOW to make a difference.
Here's Totem's blog post about trash creation on a sailboat: https://www.sailingtotem.com/blog/2020/10/how-do-you-deal-with-garbage.html
Links to Products Mentioned in this Episode
- Tattler Reusable Wide Mouth Canning Lids & Rubber Rings
- Harvest Guard Reusable Canning Lids
- Canning Meat on Board Blog by Sailing Totem
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