Throwing out all that turkey also means the resources used to produce it are being wasted. According to NRDC estimates, producing just one pound of turkey meat uses 520 gallons of water —the ...

Tips for a healthier Thanksgiving 03:50. Roughly a third of all food is lost or wasted from the U.S. food supply each year and, with its big holiday meal as the centerpiece, Thanksgiving can be ...

The average cost of a whole fresh turkey in Philadelphia is about $10.78, according to MoneyGeek, which said turkeys purchased the week of Thanksgiving, they cost about 20 percent more.

About 200 million pounds of turkey are thrown out, according to estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Wasted food, though, is a year-round phenomenon.