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The author doesn't mainly intend to reduce food waste. He says aged cheese develop flavors that you cannot find in fresh cheese.

• vidarh 3y ago
  While she argues the flavour angle, she also does point out the amount of food waste caused several times.
  • xyzelement 3y ago
    I am biased from growing up in a place with food shortages: food waste is not a “problem.” When it comes to food, you want margin for error. You want your home, your store, your agriculture system, etc to have more food than is necessary. Because if something goes wrong, you have a bit of slack before everyone starves. If your system produces the “perfect” amount of food with no waste, it means the very first crop failure, trucking disruption, etc. puts you into a dire situation. I’d rather throw out a thing of moldy cheese once in a while.
    • vidarh 3y ago
      You don't need to end up with a lot of food waste to have a lot of slack.
    • ericfrazier 3y ago
      We are talking about buying less food or going shopping more often and with recipes in mind and just get those ingredients. The Costco bulk shopping where a sizeable portion becomes out of date and thrown away can be pretty easily prevented with forethought.