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Climate change and the pressing need to reduce our global carbon emissions may feel like an overwhelming problem to us as

individuals. However, we all have the power to make a difference.

One important thing we can do to reduce climate-change-causing carbon in the atmosphere is reduce food waste.

Food production accounts for around one-quarter – 26% – of global greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, food is a basic human need. On our way to a more sustainable future, we are certainly not going to eliminate food, but we can make sure the food we produce is not wasted.

Unfortunately, a larg...