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Reducing food waste is good for the Earth AND your wallet
By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press Remember how it was when you were a kid sitting at the kitchen table and your mother served up a healthy helping of rutabagas? Gross, right? You slipped them to the family dog or spooned them into a napkin to get them out of sight. But there was no fooling Mom. Your failed sleight-of-hand resulted in a guilt trip and membership in the Clean Your Plate Club. Fast-forward to today and you’ll find that wasting food has costly consequences extending well beyond your plate. “Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10 percent of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50 percent of U.S. land and swallows 80 percent of all freshwater consumed in the United States. Yet 40 percent of food in the United States goes uneaten,” according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. The environmental advocacy group says that cutting food waste by just 15 percent would help feed more than 25 million people a year “at a time when 1 in 6 Americans lack a secure supply of food to their tables.” Alice Henneman, an extension educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, puts it another way: “Food tossed is money lost.” Food rots when dumped in a landfill, and produces methane, a greenhouse gas said to contribute to climate change. Food wasted in stores and restaurants cuts into profits. But incentives have been introduced to reduce food waste, many of them financial. “Tax benefits are available for restaurants and
stores for donating food,” Henneman said. “People are buying ‘ugly food and vegetables,’ or produce that is misshapen in appearance, in stores because stores are offering them at a discount.” Michigan State University has been aggressive about fighting food waste in its 10 dining halls, where more than 30,000 meals are served daily. “Food is expensive,” said Carla Iansiti, sustainability projects manager for MSU’s Culinary Services. “We train our staff members to get the most volume out of their product, only cut what you need for a recipe and be creative about using all the products.” The university remodeled several of its dining halls to be trayless and stocked them with smaller dishes. “It makes a difference with smaller plates and fewer plates, and people always have the option to come back for more,” Iansiti said. Additional tips for minimizing food waste: — Think landfill diversion. Compost your leftovers for better crop or garden production, or mix them with animal feed. Freeze or can surplus garden produce or donate it to a food bank. — There is value in sizing. Buy things that won’t spoil in quantity. — Check your garbage. Cook dishes that have proven popular and don’t end up being thrown out. — Buy often and buy fresh, eating as much as you can before it goes bad. Shop your refrigerator before purchasing more. — Practice portion control. Share rather than discard leftovers. Ask for a sample when dining out if you’re uncertain about ordering something. Don’t rush through meals.
This 2013 photo shows produce arranged at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Wash. Fresh produce can be attractively arranged in a way that is appealing to the eye, and even produce misshapen in appearance can be trimmed to look good or discounted to boost sales and reduce waste. Taste begins with the eyes and enterprising vendors can trim food waste by making produce look good. (AP photo)
This undated photo shows a room designed by Florida-based interior designer Laura Burleson where she used gold-tone metal hardware, accessories and lighting to bring a warm glow to this home office, then added a cozy throw blanket and flowers to make this practical space feel brighter and more cheerful at any time of year. (AP photo)
ASK A DESIGNER: Simple ways to cheer up your home in winter
By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press During these chilly and gray days of mid-winter, many of us look to our homes as sanctuaries. The standard advice for cheering up your living space is to add a few splashes of bright, happy color, says designer Maxwell Ryan. But while that may seem like an easy solution, he says, it’s actually not very effective. To create a home that really helps battle the mid-winter blues, you need more than just a pop of color. The Associated Press asked Ryan, founder of the home decor website apartmenttherapy.com, and two other interior designers — Florida-based Laura Burleson and New Yorkbased Jenny Kirschner — for advice on small decor changes that can lift spirits and brighten up a home. BRING NATURE IN In February, many people are craving time outdoors and missing the natural energy of growing plants and flowers, Ryan says. “We’ve watched our plants die outside or the leaves fall from the trees,” and we’re due for an infusion of healthy, growing life, he says. So add a few new plants to your home — perhaps succulents arranged in a kitchen window, or flowering branches in a large vase. Or plant flowering bulbs indoors in a large, deep bowl (try paperwhites or amaryllis) and enjoy tending them as they begin to bloom. “Even if you just go to the corner store and bring
This undated photo shows a room designed by Floridabased interior designer Laura Burleson with uplifting words that are printed in a subtle shade of gold and elegantly framed in pale gold metal. (AP photo) in cut flowers,” Ryan says, you’ll be adding a bit of nature’s energy to your home. SHIMMER AND GLOW Add “a little glimmer of light” to your living space, Burleson says, by adding shiny elements like metals, cut glass and lucite. These help natural light bounce around a room even when days are short. The goal is to make the most of what
light there is. In a home in Colorado, she recently swapped out old kitchen hardware for shimmering clear agate knobs, and included metallic elements in a mix of finishes. Burleson also suggests adding metals in warm colors that “hint of spring,” such as a copper, brass and rose gold. All three designers suggest improving the happy glow of your home by swapping out any light-
bulbs that offer cold or harsh light. Kirschner says hardware store employees can help you find the most appealing “daylight bulbs” to bring a sense of sunshine in during gray winter days. Or consider swapping out old lampshades or adding a new lamp. “Spread your light around down at the level you live at,” Ryan says, so that it’s “closer to you, closer to your face. You’ll look better and feel better.” Designers recommend having at least three points of light in any room. Once you have plenty of light sources, make sure you use them by adding dimmers to control the light, and upgrading so that several lights can be turned on from a single knob or switch. Ryan has begun using Hue bulbs, which can be controlled by smartphone and adjusted for brightness and color. “My living room has five lights in it,” he says, and they’re now easily controlled via his smartphone. He notes that if he had to switch each one on individually when he arrived home on winter nights, “it probably wouldn’t happen.” Another way to make a room’s lighting more welcoming: Light your fireplace if you have one, Kirschner says, or create a similar feeling by clustering glass hurricane vases with pillar candles inside. Arrange several together on a coffee table, she says, “and light those when you come home from work.” See Winter p. 2D
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FAUX FUR AND FRAGRANCE It’s easy to create an uplifting sensory experience in your home by adding faux sheepskins, faux-fur throws, and rugs or pillows made of cashmere or soft wool, says Kirschner. Ryan agrees: Make sure you have pleasing textures around you, he says,
including underfoot. Little touches can make a big difference. Try adding a sheepskin or soft blanket over a chair that you use when working at home. Kirschner also suggests adding pleasing fragrances to your space. Choose organically scented candles, or simply take items from your kitchen (lemon and orange slices, cloves and nutmeg, or other fruits and spices) and steep them in water in
a heat-safe container over a votive or tea light candle.
INSPIRING WORDS Several years ago, Burleson decorated a home office with the uplifting words “Don’t Ever Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle” printed in a subtle shade of gold in a delicate brass frame. It serves as “a very, very simple, elegant little pickme-up,” she says.
TALES FROM A TRAIN: Travelers tell stories of their journey on the rails and in life By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Where are you traveling on this train? And where are you traveling in life? I traveled around the U.S. on Amtrak for two weeks — beginning in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 17 and stopping in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, El Paso and New Orleans, and many points between. I talked to dozens of people along the way — fellow travelers, friends and family waiting for loved one at stations, train workers. I generally started the conversations with these two simple questions. Tereseta, a 22-year-old from Texas, worries that a border wall will separate her from her Mexican grandparents. Pam is raising the children of her nephew, a drug addict. And Machelle, who just found out about her cancer, knows this month might be her only real chance to hold her 3week old grandbaby. The people I’ve met are folks who hate to fly or somehow can’t fly, people from the heartland and from cities. Each person is aggressively pursuing happiness and trying to live life to the fullest. Here are a few of their stories, in their own words. IOWA: ‘I NEED TO HOLD THAT BABY’ Machelle Lowe is a 45year-old hospice worker in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She just learned she has cancer. “I’m going to spend a week with my daughter in Wyoming before I get treatment. Melanoma. My daughter has a 3-week-old baby. So we’re going to go cuddle. “I had a mole on my arm, and at Christmas I was here with my daughter. They just moved here six weeks ago and then had the baby three weeks ago. So she was really harping at me about this mole on my arm. It was flat, I had it for all my life. But in the last year, it got bigger. “It’s advanced. Probably in the lymph nodes. Possibly my lungs. I don’t know a whole lot yet. ... It may be irrational, but I hopped on a train. “This trip means everything to me. I need to hold
that baby. “The other kicker is, I work for hospice. I know a lot. Maybe sometimes too much. It can be a good thing; it can be a bad thing. I’m just going to hold the baby for a week. I can’t think of a better way to spend the week.” TEXAS: ‘THE ISSUE OF A WALL, IT’S REALLY COMPLICATED’ Tereseta Esqueda, 22, is a student at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her grandparents live in Mexico; she was at the station to send them off. “I’m here to say goodbye to my grandmother and grandfather. I live in El Paso, and my grandparents live in Juarez. They’re taking the train to visit my aunt in another part of Texas. “I have pride in my ancestry. Even if we are not physically close, they are part of me. My grandparents will be gone now for three months. It will be really sad to me. I’m sad today to see them go. ... I’m in classes now, but probably during spring break I’ll go to visit them. “My whole family is here today because we care about my grandmother and grandfather, and we’ve come to say goodbye and make sure all will be fine. “I just want to reach my goals in life. I want to be a graphic designer. I really enjoy all the arts. I want to have my own business here in El Paso. My biggest obstacle in reaching my goals is myself. Sometimes I’m really shy. “I think the future of America is a big issue. It’s really scary. For example, my grandmother and grandfather and other family in Juarez. The issue of a wall, it’s really complicated to me. It’s my family. I don’t want to be separated from them. I’m scared about it. For everybody. A wall means the division of the world. It’s not just Mexico or the United States.” OREGON: ‘I STEPPED UP. I LOVE THEM.’ Pam Buresh, 54, is a business owner in central Oregon. She’s taking care of her great-nephews and
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great-niece; she says their father is a drug addict. “We’re going to Disneyland. These are my kids. ... Actually, they’re my greatnephews and -niece. They’re with me, and I’m raising them now. “We have a farm in central Oregon. I’m raising these guys, and they’re super, super great and hardworking. And super polite. They’ve been through a lot. Their dad is my nephew. “Family means a lot, but not just family, but kids period. They’re the most important thing, and things are really tough. It’s hard out there. Our environment is tough. And then you have other setbacks with family. My goal is for these guys to do great. And they’re doing great. People love them. They are super awesome. They love God, and that was there when they were very young. “I didn’t think my life would turn out this way, but it’s great. What better thing could I possibly do. There’s so many kids who need homes. And the meth epidemic is everywhere, across the United States, and it hits every type of family. Kids get stuck, they’re left with it. “I work a lot; so does my husband. We’re very busy. They ground me. They take me back. School gets out, I’ve gotta take care of the kids. It takes me away from everything else. We’re always connected with our phones, now with them, because they require so much from me that I have to give my full attention and care. It’s healthy. “I stepped up. I love them. I tried to help their dad out, but he couldn’t make it.” WISCONSIN: ‘WE’RE TRAIN GEEKS’ Tom Schultz, 68, of Watertown, Wisconsin, was fascinated by trains from an early age. “We’re headed to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It’s a very special stop for us. I hate to use the word, but it’s kind of a yuppie place. It’s very, very nice. You get off the train, and walk 100 feet, and the hotel is there. They’ve got a microbrewery. They’ve got this huge pool that’s heated with water from the earth.
In this photo taken on Jan. 25, Sabrina Feldman, 19, looks out the window and thinks about her future in California. AP Tampa correspondent Tamara Lush spent 15 days traveling via train across the U.S. as part of Amtrak’s residency program, designed for creative professionals to spend time writing on the rails. She spoke with dozens of people — fellow travelers, friends and family waiting for loved one at stations, train workers — and filed occasional dispatches for the Tales on a Train project. (AP photo) “I’m with two good friends. Once a year in January, when it gets to be the doldrums, especially after the Packers lose, we usually take a three- or four-day trip just to rejuvenate our lives. We always go on a train for this trip. I love training. Time is the issue. If you’ve got time, a train is the best. “I guess we’re train geeks. You have to be one to know what it is to be a train geek. I was born and raised ... about three blocks away from the train station in Watertown, Wisconsin. It was kind of a weird deal, back in those days, that was almost like our park. We’d go up and meet the station agent, and we’d have fun and we’d take the train when they’d turn it around. At night you’d go to sleep and in the middle of the night, the train would go by and the horn and the noise and everything, you’d never hear it, because you got so used to it. But it became ingrained in us. I’ve always been a train fan. “The station agent that took care of the place back when they had station agents - he died some years ago. And I went to his funeral, and his wife cried with me: ‘You were the guys that he talked about.’ We were there all the time as kids. “Getting on the train, it’s just a chance to get away from the rat race. You just sit back and enjoy life.” CALIFORNIA: ‘I WANT MY DREAM TO PLAY OUT’ Sabrina Feldman is a 19-
year-old from Clive, Iowa. She graduated from high school last year. “We’re going to Chico, California. Me and my friend are wanting to move there, and we’re going to look at cosmetology schools. I want to own my own salon. For school I want to go to L.A. But we’re going to Chico because my friend’s aunt lives there. We’re only staying for a week, and then I’m going back home, and then I’m going to work really hard to get some money for an apartment. “I like making people feel pretty, so I want to just do good in school so then I can have a lot of clients and my own business. Whenever I go get my hair done, I’m always really excited. I want to have people leave feeling like they have new hair. I always feel good when I get my hair done. “I think it will be a lot different in California. Where I live, we have a bunch of cornfields and livestock everywhere. In California, it’s a lot busier. I don’t know, I’ve never been to California. This is my first time going. So I’m pretty excited to see what the environment change will be like. “I’ve never been to a big city before, so I’m kind of anxious to get there. I hope there will be cute guys. I’ve heard some things about how if you go to a bigger
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