Comments on: Virginia Tech II http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/28/virginia-tech-ii/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: bagua http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/28/virginia-tech-ii/#comment-27711 Wed, 28 May 2008 19:02:49 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/28/virginia-tech-ii/#comment-27711 Sounds like Sarjahani is a smart and motivated man with a mission that America needs to take seriously! Go to any 'all you can eat' joint and you will see a majority of obese people stuffing as much as possible onto trays and throwing out at least 1/2 of each plates food in order to go back and stuff even more different food onto more plates, only to repeat the same wasteful process. All the while many people in poorer nations have to stress about feeding their kids anything at all! How to get that 'saved' food into the bellies of the needy is the next part of the mission. Right here in America, at this very moment there are thousands of people in every big city that cannot get enough food to eat. More power to you Mr. S !!!!! I hope that you have started a new trend that changes at least one portion of a very sad reality. Sounds like Sarjahani is a smart and motivated man with a mission that America needs to take seriously!

Go to any ‘all you can eat’ joint and you will see a majority of obese people stuffing as much as possible onto trays and throwing out at least 1/2 of each plates food in order to go back and stuff even more different food onto more plates, only to repeat the same wasteful process. All the while many people in poorer nations have to stress about feeding their kids anything at all!
How to get that ’saved’ food into the bellies of the needy is the next part of the mission. Right here in America, at this very moment there are thousands of people in every big city that cannot get enough food to eat.

More power to you Mr. S !!!!!
I hope that you have started a new trend that changes at least one portion of a very sad reality.

]]> by: Jennifer http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/28/virginia-tech-ii/#comment-27709 Wed, 28 May 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/28/virginia-tech-ii/#comment-27709 What an interesting experiment. I guess because you CAN fit more food on a tray, many people DO. Perhaps these findings will be a step in the right direction for small portions. This would help cut down on waste and our nation's ever expanding waist lines. I just can't get over the amount of food wasted. I work at a university and wonder how much food is being wasted at the residential and retail dining facilities here on campus. I think he is on to something though, the 'all you can eat' mentality allows us to get way more food than we can or should eat without feeling bad about it, I mean, it's the premise of the all you can eat experience. What an interesting experiment. I guess because you CAN fit more food on a tray, many people DO. Perhaps these findings will be a step in the right direction for small portions. This would help cut down on waste and our nation’s ever expanding waist lines.

I just can’t get over the amount of food wasted. I work at a university and wonder how much food is being wasted at the residential and retail dining facilities here on campus.

I think he is on to something though, the ‘all you can eat’ mentality allows us to get way more food than we can or should eat without feeling bad about it, I mean, it’s the premise of the all you can eat experience.

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