World Arc a magazine published by Heifer International included information in their ‘Facts and Figures’ section of the Holiday 2011 issue regarding the amount of food we waste.  It was truly amazing.  You can view the magazine through this link http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/heifer/worldark_2011holiday/ I think purchasing our food locally and paying a more realistic price for our food has definitely made my family appreciate what we eat a bit more.  It did pain me today to throw out a substantial amount of