Reflection for November 18

Amidst groans of being more stuffed than the bird itself, Americans will toss a whopping $282 million of uneaten turkey into the trash this Thanksgiving.... Nationwide, consumers will purchase around 736 million pounds of turkey this Thanksgiving.... The USDA reports that 35% of perfectly good turkey meat in the U.S. does not get eaten after it is purchased by consumers (and that’s not including bones).... [We’ll] be throwing away about 204 million pounds of meat.... (Dana Gunder, “This Thanksgiving, Be More Grateful than Wasteful,” posted here).