How does everyone deal with this dilemma?
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Cook in bulk for the week. Grocery shopping on Saturday, cooking on Sunday. Then all you have to do is heat things up at meal time.
*I should clarify that you only need to refrigerate, not freeze, the type of stuff I'm talking about. Works better if you're vegetarian
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Sure, but I just wanted to point out that some of us do not have freezers that can store a lot of food. Whenever I see people being like "just freeze the leftovers" I look at my freezer like "how?". If I put a bag of beans, a bag of ice and some springrolls in there, it is filled to the brim.
People shouldn't assume that everybody have tons of space to store perishable foods. That's all.
In my household we usually go for small packs of food when we shop groceries. Meats and vegetables etc. We go for small sizes because we don't want to end up throwing out food. It's not cheaper, but it is less wasteful in the long run.
I gave multiple ways to reduce food waste. You only responded about the freezer and clung to it, you're still talking about it. If you have your own method to not waste food then this post and my comment aren't about you, stop playing the victim.
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I found that visitng shop frequently and buying a little each time helps with this. Also, knowing what you have and planning what to cook with stock in mind. Also, one might find better to buy at small grocery stores (turkish in my area). These have ability to buy as an example 10 or less potatoes instead of fixed 2.5kg of potatoes. That way you're not bound to swiftly eat potatoes before they rot.
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Sure, but I just wanted to point out that some of us do not have freezers that can store a lot of food. Whenever I see people being like "just freeze the leftovers" I look at my freezer like "how?". If I put a bag of beans, a bag of ice and some springrolls in there, it is filled to the brim.
People shouldn't assume that everybody have tons of space to store perishable foods. That's all.
In my household we usually go for small packs of food when we shop groceries. Meats and vegetables etc. We go for small sizes because we don't want to end up throwing out food. It's not cheaper, but it is less wasteful in the long run.
I have a reasonable sized freezer, not a huge one, but I feel like if I put a bag of ice in it I'd have very little space. Ice cube trays will leave you with more room.
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There's a economical difference. Growing plants for animals is cheaper. Plants for animals are easier to take care. We dump a lot of fertilizer on animal crops. But we dump even more in human crops.
They amount of care and soil usage is always going to be higher on crops destined to human consumption.
This could grow if we tried to grow only human based food? Yes, but with much higher economical effort andes yield per sqrmeter. When nutrients grow thin in soil is not only that things straight up do not grow, is that less things grow and they grow smaller.
It's not tradicional. It's observation of history. Humans have not grown as omnivore because of tradition. We have not domesticated animals because of tradition. We have done it because it's the most efficient way to do things.
You for instance are vegan because of tradition. Not because economics or efficiency dictate it, but because a series of moral considerations that were passed onto you thus modifying your behavior. But most humans population if faced with the nutritional challenge will both grow plants and farm animals because it is the most efficient way to do things.
Traditional exceptions would be the opposite. Like the cultures that forbid certain foods because religious reasons.
Gonna need a source for that claim on higher inputs for human food.
If economics is your excuse for raising animal feed instead of human food then it’s just another knock on capitalism. (Although if you calculated the economic cost of raising/slaughtering/shipping all that meat, I’d wager it’s not cheaper than growing plants for humans to eat)
Also, we farmed animals in the past because they are a good storage for calories when it’s winter and you can’t grow food. We live in a global society now. It’s not necessary. Animals are grown and killed because their meat is pleasurable to eat; simple as that.
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Don't mourn, organise!
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i dont, my family always buys too much food regardkess to how many times i tell them to not
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Escape car dependency. I'm fortunate enough that I live within walking/biking distance of a few groceries. I can easily buy produce as I need it so it doesn't go bad.
Fuck cars.
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Do you know what "alfalfa" is?
I don't know if that's the correct english translation.
Widely used as a source of animal food. Good luck trying to eat that.
Search which cultives tend to be part of healthy crop rotations and most of the times you'll find a crop that's used for animals and cannot be eaten by humans.
Also not are grains and soy are created equal or are as suitable for human consumption in a healthy diet as other plants. Or almost most planta that are used for animal consumption. There's two fact here, first that many times there's a mixed use (part of the plant goes to the animal and part of the plant goes to the human) and other times even when everything is for the animal, there tend to be different varieties. The corn dedicated to human consumption is not the same corn dedicated to animal consumption. It grows different and can take different amount of nutrients for the soil, or take different economic requirements. Human food tend to be much more expensive overall, because our stomach cannot digest plants as easily as herbivores.
Do you think human beings have been farming animals and those "extra crops" just for funsies. It's the most efficient way to feed human population. That's why it have been done for millenia.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Search which cultives tend to be part of healthy crop rotations and most of the times you’ll find a crop that’s used for animals and cannot be eaten by humans.
Yeah that's a choice. There are plenty of crops that can be rotated for human consumption. It's a choice to waste land and destroy the planet so carnists can torture and murder animals.
Do you think human beings have been farming animals and those “extra crops” just for funsies.
Do you think that's the only option? Do you think agriculture hasn't progressed in 2000 years?
It’s the most efficient way to feed human population. That’s why it have been done for millenia.
You gonna start promoting the keto diet next?
Your oversimplification was maybe a relatively efficient way to feed small populations 2000 years ago. Now it's the most inefficient. Literally starving people while destroying the planet.
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There's a economical difference. Growing plants for animals is cheaper. Plants for animals are easier to take care. We dump a lot of fertilizer on animal crops. But we dump even more in human crops.
They amount of care and soil usage is always going to be higher on crops destined to human consumption.
This could grow if we tried to grow only human based food? Yes, but with much higher economical effort andes yield per sqrmeter. When nutrients grow thin in soil is not only that things straight up do not grow, is that less things grow and they grow smaller.
It's not tradicional. It's observation of history. Humans have not grown as omnivore because of tradition. We have not domesticated animals because of tradition. We have done it because it's the most efficient way to do things.
You for instance are vegan because of tradition. Not because economics or efficiency dictate it, but because a series of moral considerations that were passed onto you thus modifying your behavior. But most humans population if faced with the nutritional challenge will both grow plants and farm animals because it is the most efficient way to do things.
Traditional exceptions would be the opposite. Like the cultures that forbid certain foods because religious reasons.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]They amount of care and soil usage is always going to be higher on crops destined to human consumption.
It doesn't matter because the other costs of raising animals (eg water, land, waste) completely outweight any supposed, tiny advantage from growing plants to feed them.
It’s not tradicional. It’s observation of history... We have done it because it’s the most efficient way to do things.
I love this dishonest change of tense. Even if it was once "efficient", the current state of industrial murder is literally destroying the planet. Completely unsustainable.
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Sell your wardrobe fridge and replace it with a small one.
If the stuff does not fit in your fridge, don't buy it.And what @[email protected] said. Over here, milk comes in 1L packets with a 2 day expiry. I only buy for 2-3 days at a time and every time I go out to buy milk, I also refill groceries.
Stuff over here is not more than 10km away, so I can use a bicycle.
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Buy food that has a long shelf life - lentil, rice, beans, canned vegetables, salsa jars. As a bonus it also doesn't have to be refridgerated.
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Gonna need a source for that claim on higher inputs for human food.
If economics is your excuse for raising animal feed instead of human food then it’s just another knock on capitalism. (Although if you calculated the economic cost of raising/slaughtering/shipping all that meat, I’d wager it’s not cheaper than growing plants for humans to eat)
Also, we farmed animals in the past because they are a good storage for calories when it’s winter and you can’t grow food. We live in a global society now. It’s not necessary. Animals are grown and killed because their meat is pleasurable to eat; simple as that.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Hard to find a source for fertilizer usage per type of crop so of you want to dismiss that for lack of source I'm ok with that. Still think that a crop with higher sugar content and a more precise composition would need more input. But if you can provide a source otherwise would also be welcome to clear doubts.
When I'm talking about economy I'm not talking wall street. I'm talking about the definition of economy. Which is the distribution of resources.
I don't agree in your final statement. For many reasons: It's not a good thing being global, it is not desirable that your food comes from the other side of the world just because you decided not to eat a local chicken. That's quite complex and a different conversation overall but I think local food consumption is better overall. And without putting restrictions as in "do not eat meat" it's easier to achieve local consumption.
While winter storage is important, plant based food can also be stored, and we see animal consumption in human cultures from places without cold winters so the statements can be labeled as not true, or at least not sufficient.
Most people eat meat because it's the easiest way to have the necessary caloric and nutrient input. Not for pleasure. If we would only eat for pleasure we would only probably eat sugar which is plant based. Vegan diet is just too much of a headache within a population that already have issues maintaining balance with an omnivore diet. Many pleasure foods are plant based, like pizza, so that must no be the only reason people eat meat.
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They amount of care and soil usage is always going to be higher on crops destined to human consumption.
It doesn't matter because the other costs of raising animals (eg water, land, waste) completely outweight any supposed, tiny advantage from growing plants to feed them.
It’s not tradicional. It’s observation of history... We have done it because it’s the most efficient way to do things.
I love this dishonest change of tense. Even if it was once "efficient", the current state of industrial murder is literally destroying the planet. Completely unsustainable.
I'm not dishonest. Please be respectful if you want others to respect you aswell.
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Search which cultives tend to be part of healthy crop rotations and most of the times you’ll find a crop that’s used for animals and cannot be eaten by humans.
Yeah that's a choice. There are plenty of crops that can be rotated for human consumption. It's a choice to waste land and destroy the planet so carnists can torture and murder animals.
Do you think human beings have been farming animals and those “extra crops” just for funsies.
Do you think that's the only option? Do you think agriculture hasn't progressed in 2000 years?
It’s the most efficient way to feed human population. That’s why it have been done for millenia.
You gonna start promoting the keto diet next?
Your oversimplification was maybe a relatively efficient way to feed small populations 2000 years ago. Now it's the most inefficient. Literally starving people while destroying the planet.
why are you so aggressive?
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I gave multiple ways to reduce food waste. You only responded about the freezer and clung to it, you're still talking about it. If you have your own method to not waste food then this post and my comment aren't about you, stop playing the victim.
I'm not playing victim. I'm just pointing out that some people have tiny freezers.
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Pro tip
Move to a bigger house
Can't afford it atm. Not everybody is rolling in money xD
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I had this issue with produce. I stopped buying it because it would just go bad before I used it.
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I'm not playing victim. I'm just pointing out that some people have tiny freezers.
Then use any other of the methods suggested, stop going on about freezers!
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Buy food that has a long shelf life - lentil, rice, beans, canned vegetables, salsa jars. As a bonus it also doesn't have to be refridgerated.
That! And then forget you have them for three years because ADHD.
