Nothing New

Honestly, with my research topic being food waste and how it affects the environment, I would not really change much about my present day life, however, one thing this would have affected is my thoughts with the standardize date labeling (STL). STL is the "sell by" date on packaged and processed foods. Whenever I look through my cabinets and pantries for food and come across a can of tomatoes or something with an expired date, I would automatically throw it away. Regardless if it were only three or four days past; in my head, I do not want to risk it. After discovering all of the new information on food waste and how STL is just when the food is MOST LIKELY best by, I would not be so freaked out by it. (Though with milk I would be careful with).  One of my biggest concerns after this unit is the environmental issues we are creating for ourselves and how we are creating so much food with millions of starving people around the globe. Despite the fact there are apps already created to do this, something I would do to not necessarily try to change about the food industry, but to better already made food, is to pass along my uneaten food to those who want it. It is decreasing the amount of food waste and it is feeding those who are unfortunate; trying to solve to problems at once.