Don't Trash Food Crossword Puzzle

4. This greenhouse gas is released from landfills, and one of the largest contributors is the degradation of food scraps.
6. Instead of throwing food scraps into trash bins that only add to landfill waste, throw scraps into _______ bins to create community compost.
8. When foods increase in _________, the increased water content allows for fungi and bacteria to grow quickly, leading to food spoilage.
12. The process by which food products become unsuitable for human consumption.
13. When air interacts with food and food components, this type of reaction occurs. This reaction is responsible for avocados and apples turning brown and fats going rancid.
14. You can prevent from doing this when you grocery shop by creating shopping lists and weekly dinner menus.
15. The byproduct of food waste being broken down in a landfill.
16. Waste materials, such as lawn clippings and food waste, are classified as ________ waste matter. This type of waste is biodegradable.
17. Organisms that cause food to spoil, but can also transform food waste into compost.

1. Grocery stores can help mitigate food loss by selling ¬¬__________ looking produce. Even though produce may be misshapen or oddly sized, the nutritional content of the food remains the same.
2. In 2021, roughly 54 million Americans were considered to be food _______, meaning they did not know where their next meal would come from.
3. The percentage of the world’s fresh water supply used to grow food that is never eaten.
5. Changing our buying _______ not only helps to mitigate food waste at home, but it also helps mitigate food loss that occurs in grocery stores and packing plants.
7. When accounting for global food waste, all grown, but uneaten, food uses 1.4 ______ hectares of arable land.
9. A mixture of decomposed organic materials used to improve soil quality or as plant fertilizer.
10. “Use by” and “Sell by” dates are not ___________ dates.
11. The catch-all term used to describe spoiled food and wasted food.