Not sure how I missed this awesome photo spread of refrigerator contents, but I’m just glad we’re together now. Bonus points to the first person to find the truly bizarre item inside one freezer (hint: eek!).
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Here’s a priveleged response to traylessness at Stanford (where trays are still available on request). In my opinion, there are a [...]

There’s much ado about kitchen bins in Britain, where there’s talk of a landfill food waste ban. I like seeing the different angles, from diverting food from the waste stream and its environmental benefits to Big Brother/fines. (Can you guess which way my bias slants?)
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The Telegraph brings us this slide show of produce oddities–all of which I’d [...]

Here’s a look inside the food-waste-to-energy plant in Oakland. Hey Bay Area folks, keep your oyster shells, rags and rocks out of the compost!
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Using watermelon cast-offs to make fuel? Seriously? I thought watermelon was about 99% water? And which have more energy–original or seedless?
Of course, it’d be great if we weren’t so superficial about [...]

Less waste through technology: When farmer’s market orders are made in advance online, growers only pick what they know will go to use. 
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The EPA food waste calculator–out sometime in September, I think–will let businesses calculate how diverting food from their waste stream will save them dough. (Hat tip to Lean Path.)
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Even celebrity chefs are [...]

Here’s an intriguing idea for reducing waste: make it harder to throw stuff away. Designer Nadeem Haidary has created a trash can that tilts into a less-inviting angle the more it gets full.
A less cool, but cheaper solution–don’t have a trash can in every room.
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Bread for the City’s blog has a very interesting look at how aesthetics [...]

Here’s a story on the lifecycle environmental impact of one manufacturer’s heat-and-eat chili. Very interesting stuff, especially the trade off between packaging waste and food loss.
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The San Jose Hazmat team was called in to handle the stench from an office fridge. Seven were sent to the hospital. Just a sad day for food waste.
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I was going through some pictures from this fall and came across this progression. I promise I haven’t doctored the photos in any way.
Below, we see a grower from Oregon’s Hillcrest Orchards illustrating what kind of pears don’t get picked. I asked him how deep certain bruises went and he showed me on one particular [...]

Santa Barbara has had a commercial composting pilot program for the last two years. Now they’ve hired a consultant to ascertain whether or not people think it’s ‘yucky.’ My guess: yes. My hope: no.
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The idea of going fridgeless is interesting. While I fear it could mean more food waste, which could undo the environmental [...]

Scout’s honor: Whether eagle or cub, hopefully gleaning outings can become part of the scouting culture.
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I had a nice time chatting yesterday on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show.
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In case you missed this gem, read Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson’s op-ed on creating a useful farm bill.
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And don’t sleep on this well-done piece that [...]

What’s better than farm fresh? Farm fresh for free.
Last weekend, Platteville, Colorado’s Miller Farms opened its fields to all comers to harvest their remaining potatoes, carrots and leeks. The Free Pick Weekend attracted a staggering 40,000 people who harvested 600,000 pounds of food.
Miller Farms, a large, family operation that grows a variety of crops (amen!) [...]