I’ve been fascinated/horrified/interested in this whole 4th of July Milk Dump that I wrote about on Friday. The coordinated dumping of hundreds of thousands of gallons hundredweights of milk took place on Sunday as planned in many locations. What follows is a little recap:

This article details the happenings in Cement City, Michigan and supplies a [...]

I haven’t heard tons about how the 4th of July milk dump went down, namely how much milk went down the drain. But here’s one update from upstate New York. I’ll post more as I hear about it.

To protest continuously low milk prices, dairy farmers across the nation will spill their milk on the Fourth of July. They’re going to milk their cows, then dump the white stuff on the ground in what will amount to an inland Boston Tea Party.
When I first heard about this plan, I was aghast. Why waste perfectly [...]

90 degrees + picking corn + long pants/sleeves for protection + no pay = fun!
It’s hard to believe that that equation really works, but when the food goes to help hungry folks, it sure does. That’s gleaning for you.
It had been a while–too long–since I’d gotten out there and picked crops for those in need. [...]

Saturday, I attended a training to become a field supervisor for gleaning outings. In other words, if you sign up to glean crops with the Society of St. Andrew, I might just be the guy in charge. Scary.
While I’ve volunteered a bunch in the past, but haven’t been out gleaning in far too long. That’s [...]

When your favorite food recovery operation hosts America’s favorite urban farming/vermiculture advocate, you go. Last night, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle hosted Will Allen, who spoke about the operations at the sustainable, renewable, local, urban, awesome Milwaukee headquarters at Growing Power.
The event served as a kick-off for a community garden at a non-profit medical center. As you can see, the garden is [...]

ABC News story that I alluded to on Friday ran on Saturday night. If you haven’t watched it, I’d say it’s worth your time.
First, I’m really glad to see network news coverage of food waste, as will raise awareness on the issue. Second, I had such a visceral aversion to seeing that worker chop up. [...]

A piece in The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine makes a pretty convincing case for mandatory composting. I’m all for it, but I would like to hear from the people in SF and Seattle who now fit face that imperative.
I’m sure there would be some backlash if this occured in cities slightly less progressive than those two. But [...]

I’m working like crazy to make my book deadline, but I’d hate to leave you in a lurch on Presidents’ Day. So, a few quick links:
While doing some final research on the apple industry, I came across this article on apples gone to ground. An oldie but goodie, er, sort of.
While we’re talking about apples…this may just interest [...]

On my last day in Chile for this chef’s conference, I ran into some farm waste. A group of 50 of us were touring an avocado, grape and citrus farm called Desarrollo Agrario thanks to Hass Avocado (warning: awesome jingle at this site. Also, palta, not aguacate, is South American Spanish for avocado).
On the way [...]