Wasted Food — Jonathan Bloom on food waste and how it can be avoided

Friday Buffet: Lucky 8-8-08 Edition

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I agree in spirit, but this might be taking things a tad too far: Don’t Play with Your Food.

— —photo by allygirl520 (via Creative Commons)

Then again, cleaning your grill with an onion seems a bit silly. Why not a wire brush or rag (as some commenters on the Lifehacks post wondered)?

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A new zero-waste initiative at Univ. of Colorado football games will include composting. Given that each game produces 11 tons of trash, there should be plenty to compost. Maybe Ralphie could eat some of the half-eaten hot dogs? (I couldn’t resist making that joke again)

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Speaking of composting, the term ‘Grott Box’ really says it all.

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We all love Alice Waters and, not surprisingly, she despises food waste.

Waters spoke about the need to do something with all the food that is wasted, “We need to do more foraging and gleaning. Lots of food is wasted on the ground which is very edible.”

Comments

6 responses to “Friday Buffet: Lucky 8-8-08 Edition”

  1. Kristen Avatar
    Kristen

    Regarding the first link…one time at Trader Joe’s, the kid’s craft involved taking cut peppers and dipping them in paint(to use them like a stamp). The employee was using red, yellow, and orange peppers, and all I could think about was how expensive her stamps were! lol

    I use a grill brush to clean my grill too. I’d rather grill the onion!(I love grilled veggies).

  2. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    Yeah, I’d be dipping the peppers into my mouth, especially at $4 per pound. I prefer potato stamps to peppers, anyway.

  3. Melody Hanna Avatar
    Melody Hanna

    Hey Jonathan,

    I’ve been following your blog for some time after I saw you quoted in a NY Times article. Your work is great.

    Check out http://www.firstfoodbank.wordpress.com if you get a chance. I’d love your feedback.

    Thanks,
    Melody

  4. Jonathan Avatar
    Jonathan

    Hey Melody,
    The Daily Platter blog looks great at first glance. I’ll check it out in the coming days and get back to you. Anything for the world’s first food bank!

    (By the way, I’m curious how you’d verify such a claim?)

  5. shorty Avatar
    shorty

    the playing with food link…oh…i’m not sure…i guess it depends what you do with it AFTER – compost or garbage? Maybe if you brought in a lesson on using it to be thankful for the food – the same way some tribes wear the skin and bones of animals…

  6. Melody Avatar
    Melody

    Hey Jonathan,

    Thanks for checking it out! Seriously, it means a lot.

    About being the world’s first food bank…the founder of St. Mary’s Food Bank is John van Hengel. He created the concept of food banking in the 60s and then went on to help establish America’s Second Harvest, which is now a network of more than 200 food banks across the country. (more on this at firstfoodbank.org/history.html)

    Thanks so much!
    Melody