Sustainable Eating

Find information on sustainable foods, reducing food waste, eating local, and gardening at home.

Explore Local Foods

Find tips and videos about cooking safe and healthy local food.

View a collection of resources about gleaning, or the act of collecting excess fresh foods from farms to provide them to those in need.

Get information on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), a farming practice where growers and consumers provide mutual support for food production.

Find Creative Ways to Use Leftovers

Find tips on how to store and transform leftovers to reduce food waste in your kitchen.
Preventing Wasted Food At Home

Learn about benefits and at-home practices for reducing food waste.
Food Waste Animations

Watch videos on how to reduce food waste, read date labels and use imperfect produce.
Go Back To Step Forward this Earth Day: Ways To Fight Food Waste

Find two tips for curbing food loss and waste in this Tellus article.

Don’t Waste Uneaten Food – Compost It [USDA.gov; PDF | 0.62 MB]

What foods can be composted, and how can you get started? Get answers in this infographic.
Compost to Reduce Food Waste

Watch this USDA video to reduce food waste by composting food scraps, learn how to set up a home compost bin, or drop food waste at a local compost center.
Composting at Home

Use this infographic to get started on composting food.
Composting

Get started composting at home with three easy steps and learn how to recycle organic materials to enrich soil and plants.
Composting & Organics Recycling

Establish composting practices at home, school, and work with a variety of education and promotion resources including printable fact sheets.