I was excited to see that Washington & Lee is recovering food at a Walmart! Nice to have some of those giant stores onboard. If they can do that nationwide, we’d really be getting somewhere.
While we’re at it, how cool is the Campus Kitchen at W & L?!
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Talk about a local answer for food waste: The Univ. of Alaska–Fairbanks sends excess proteins to dog mushers.
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Turns out it wasn’t such a great idea to kill all the Egyptian pigs that used to consume Cairo’s organic waste. Shocking.
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An article on San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium’s greening efforts included one encouraging line on food:
They also are looking at ways to reduce wasted food in the kitchens.
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Just up the road, L.A. is trying to divert leftovers from the Convention Center and other city-owned venues to the hungry. Why we wouldn’t do that?
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I saw, at my local Whole Foods, many bins for compostables. One behind the coffee bar, another in the table section complete with a list of what to put in that bin. The produce section staffer told me that the bin next to the corn, for on-site husking, also goes into the compost. Hurrah!