--- --- # 12 Ways to Make Your Food Last Longer by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 13, 2015 3:32 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 13, 2015 3:32 PM UTC  TIME Food Waste: Jo Robinson on How to Make Your Food Last Longer ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3954281/food-last-longer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3954281/food-last-longer/"},"headline":"12 Ways to Make Your Food Last Longer","datePublished":"2015-07-13T15:32:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:32.904Z","description":"A dozen tips from Jo Robinson, author of \"Eating on the Wild Side\", will extend your bounty's shelf life","url":"https://time.com/3954281/food-last-longer/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Food","Produce"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3954281/food-last-longer/","name":"12 Ways to Make Your Food Last Longer"}}]}] ```