With Passover just around the corner, it seems ironic that Egyptian bread is in the news. The Financial Times of Germany (even more irony?) reported that 20 percent of Egyptian bread made with subsidized wheat is going to waste. The culprit:
Corrupt bakers sell their cheap flour on the black market or deliberately ruin some of […]

One of my favorite food recovery topics is backyard gleaning, where volunteers collect unwanted fruit from residential trees. If I had a tree producing anything edible, I’d be all over it. And no, acorn soup doesn’t taste good.
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Kudos to Jack Davis, an 11-year-old Florida boy, for prodding Florida legislators to pass a law protecting […]

To get you in the mood for the weekend, here’s a bit about fishing. More specifically, it’s a discussion of fishing “waste” and ethics by a charter boat operator.
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Here’s a rare occasion when the government actually asks restaurants to offer smaller portions. Of course, this isn’t in the U.S., but The Philippines.
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While I […]

For your listening pleasure, check out this discussion of food waste on BBC/Radio 4’s The Food Programme.
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If college food waste is caused partly by students not liking the choices, will a student menu rating Web site help? Middlebury College will see.
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This Subaru plant in Indiana is a “zero-waste” facility. Among other green practices, […]

The beef recall saga continues, unfortunately.
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I’m sad to report that students at my alma mater are wasting lots of food. Come on, Wesleyan–you’re better than that.
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On the other side of the college coin, Columbia University has begun a “Trayless Thursdays” experiment. Ditto for Williams College. Not to split hairs, but wouldn’t ‘Trayless Tuesdays’ […]

Oprah’s Wednesday show examined dumpster diving, so I guess freeganism has officially arrived. The episode featured freegans in New York and Nashville, before down-shifting to interview a soccer mom by day, stripper by night. Ah, television.
The best segment was when reporter Lisa Ling spent time with nice couple from Nashville, both professionals, who happen to […]

Perhaps common sense isn’t dead in Washington. The USDA may curtail its record-setting beef recall to reduce some of the needless waste discussed here Tuesday.
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Last week, I linked to a British report entitled Green, Healthy and Fair. Here’s a shorter piece (by 109 pages) on food waste in Britain. Most interesting: a poll found […]

For you science-minded folks, here’s the Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad. I love the idea and the title, but disagree with some of the cautious estimates. When was the last time you threw away ketchup after five months (or spelled it ‘ketsup’)?
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This blogger and I could be fast friends. Check out her […]

Expect some laid back composting at Jack Johnson’s Kokua Festival in Honolulu. While I’m diggin’ the concert’s sweet poster, all I can picture right now is Andy Samberg’s J.J. Casuals SNL faux-mercial.
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Might Massachusetts ban commercial food waste from landfills?
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In the wake of Harvard’s experiment to do away with trays (for four days), […]

Thought I’d pass along a few helpful household hints for minimizing waste. Thanks, Little Jelly’s Belly.
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On to one of my favorite topics: cafeteria traylessness. New York’s Morrisville State College is doing a Trayless on Tuesdays experiment in February.
If that’s not cool enough, they’re raffling off a Zune just for participating. Insert crotchety ‘when I […]