By Madeleine Kates
Looking for something great to stream that just may change your eating and food shopping habits? I highly recommend Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story (Just Eat It).
Just Eat It is a documentary that follows a couple from Vancouver, British Columbia who embark upon a six-month journey to reduce consumer food waste by living off imperfect or discarded food. The eye-opening account details the couple’s experiences as they search for safe-to-eat, culled, or bruised pieces of produce and packaged goods.
As consumers, we are accustomed to seeing shiny red apples and pristine rows of identical zucchini, but such perfection is actually rare. Produce naturally has bumps and bruises, and typically comes in different shapes and sizes.
Just Eat It illustrates the culture of abundance and excess found in countries with access to plentiful amounts and varieties of food. More often than not, this abundance results in discarding leftovers from the night before to opt for something different the next night, continuing the cycle of waste.
Viewing this documentary made me think about ways to reduce my own wasteful habits by using the freezer to extend food shelf-life, and being more creative in meal-prep by using foods I already have. So, if you want to eat smarter, help the environment, and live a more conscious and less wasteful lifestyle, watch Just Eat It at https://youtu.be/KUHdTDwdq8U. Learn more about the project at https://foodwastemovie.com.
Madeleine Kates is a graduate of Niagara University with Majors in Life Sciences, Psychology, and Environmental Science.
