Geri B, you are SO right about the amount of food thrown away daily is almost criminal. My family attended a function at the local university and food was served. They were encouraging us all to take home the left over food because it was going to be thrown out. I was rather surprised since we were on a college campus and there were students all over the place. And when I had two 18 & 19 year old boys staying with us we had no left overs. The university cooked all the food on premises so it was fresh. They weren't even able to take it to a local shelter.