Comments on: Waste in Your World http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/06/waste-in-your-world/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Peter Young http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/06/waste-in-your-world/#comment-1969 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:35:02 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/06/waste-in-your-world/#comment-1969 I am curious as to the lack of published data as to the make up food waste i.e. protein,carbohydrate,fat and oil, water,fibre,micronutrients,phosphorus, nitrogen. It is vital infromation if you want to successfully digest food waste aerobically or anaerobically as unbalanced components will lead to incomplete degradation. the chicken example is a good one as this would be unbalanced in my take I am curious as to the lack of published data as to the make up food waste i.e. protein,carbohydrate,fat and oil, water,fibre,micronutrients,phosphorus, nitrogen. It is vital infromation if you want to successfully digest food waste aerobically or anaerobically as unbalanced components will lead to incomplete degradation. the chicken example is a good one as this would be unbalanced in my take

]]> by: Dorene http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/06/waste-in-your-world/#comment-21 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:56:20 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/06/waste-in-your-world/#comment-21 Vermicomposting is fairly standard at this point in schools -- it teaches ecology and uses up the cafeteria's food waste. I'm partial to Cornell, but there are many, many school composting websites. http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/worms/basics.html Soup kitchens are usually happy to take extra usable food -- talk to the different churches in the area and someone should where the local soup kitchens are. I'm surprised you haven't visited the American Community Garden Association's e-mail list yet -- we know it all when it comes to composting and local food systems. http://www.communitygarden.org/emaillist.php Vermicomposting is fairly standard at this point in schools — it teaches ecology and uses up the cafeteria’s food waste.

I’m partial to Cornell, but there are many, many school composting websites.

http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/worms/basics.html

Soup kitchens are usually happy to take extra usable food — talk to the different churches in the area and someone should where the local soup kitchens are.

I’m surprised you haven’t visited the American Community Garden Association’s e-mail list yet — we know it all when it comes to composting and local food systems.

http://www.communitygarden.org/emaillist.php

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