Food Waste & Overeating Are Ecological Nightmares

We impact our environment in many unforeseen ways.

A few summers ago, while visiting the Jersey shore with my family, we chose an expectable boardwalk restaurant. Many years removed from my home state I was admittedly shocked by portion sizes. You would have thought it was a family-style dining establishment, with each plate designed to feed four. Alas, the amount of food that wasn't eaten saddened me. …