Comments on: Friday Buffet

by: Rosa

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:52:27 +0000

That poor woman, the comments on her article were all so mean!

Especially right after the food waste report came out - she’s not that much worse than average and nobody came out and said “I have this problem too.”

I’m pretty frugal, and I still have the “plan five meals but we only eat 3 of them” problem with meat - I’ve gotten to where I just only plan one meat meal a week and never, ever buy any meat product unplanned, because we won’t cook it in time.

by: Jonathan

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:40:33 +0000

Andy, I had heard that Raleigh, the capital of my home state, has upheld the ban on garbage disposals. You’re right, it would be awesome if it were tied to a ban on food from landfills. It should, because not being able to put food down the disposal will mean more food waste in the trash. Actually, the Food Diversion Task Force that I’m a part of is hoping to push a ban on food waste in landfills through the legislature next year. Wish us luck!
Jonathan, can you elaborate? There are many “compost solutions” out there…

by: Jonathan

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:42:25 +0000

Jonathan,
I have come to enjoy your website. I look forward to hearing back from you about a compost solution that is going on now.
Jonathan

by: Andy Rankin

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:07:47 +0000

I guess I should admit that while I heard it the other day (on what was apparently old podcast on my iPod) it was actually a story from back in March.

by: Andy Rankin

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:06:50 +0000

I heard on NPR the other day that Raleigh is banning garbage disposals. Their purpose is to protect the city plumbing but imagine if they tied it to a mandatory food waste recycling program.

Here’s the NPR piece: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88382453