Hello! I'm coming from Croatia where wasting food is not as normalised but I believe that we could do a lot to stop wasting it instead of giving it to those in needs or composting it, if we worked and think thogether. Also, I think we should be using organic food with natural indegredients  instead of food filled with artificial indegredients. A lot of food in stores, even those they say is healthy, can still contain a lot of artificial additives and sugar where they are not necessary. My carbon footprint is about 8000 and I will try to walk more and reuse things to reduce it. My footprint is above average in my country and I believe  that food took a big role in this number so I will try to eat more organic food and try to compost!
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In the category of food, I too have an above average carbon footprint. I agree with you that organic food with natural ingredients are a great solution. Also, It is a good idea to avoid packaged foods as much as possible because the plastic packaging is produced in a factory and adds lots of CO2 to the atmosphere. When buying packaged foods, try to look for products with containers that can be reused or recycled.

My carbon footprint was actually below average, which really surprised me. I personally feel like this situation is one that not many people can control.  In general, organic, home-grown, and enviro-friendly foods are steeper in price.  Not only that, but they are more commonly found in pricier grocery stores.  This means that lower income families or third-world countries won't be able to have the easy access to organic foods we have in America or in Europe (I assume).  On that note, my family tries to go organic when we can, but some situations are unavoidable.  Until we can get sustainable, affordable organic foods, this idea will be much more difficult.  But I do think it is a great idea, and once we can implement more enviro-friendly and organic foods and cheaper prices, we can seriously decrease all of our carbon footprints.

Regarding the topic of organic food, I completely agree that we should go back to eating and using only organic food. Organic, meaning biodegradable, meaning that anything we eat or throw away can be used in the process compost. This way we will not end up harming our precious earth and actually help it in its process to stay healthy and clean. Things like cigarette butt, oils and fats, and liquid food waste have a harder time breaking back down into soil. At the same time though, we could keep out diet the same but add a small compost bin to every household or a large one to a community to keep our carbon footprints low.

I agree with Kayla about having compost bins i  every household to help the environment grow and flourish.

I agree, that is a really good Idea. Some people only have one trash can, and they don't separate plastic trash and compost. People should think about this because having a compost bin will help the environment.