A mutual friend put me in touch with Evan Fraser, co-author of Empires of Food, and I’m really glad that she did. Fraser sent a copy of the recently published book and I’ve been steadily enjoying it. And I’m not alone there.
To be honest, when I saw the subtitle “Feast, Famine, and the Rise and [...]

Beginning of the end or end of the beginning? Euro robots can power up on food waste. Crazy stuff! What’s next–humans that can turn bytes into bites?!
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A few weeks back, I linked to Eureka Recycling’s cool bike composting program, but here’s an updated report on the Minnesota project via Treehugger.
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Every year around Ramadan, [...]

My wife, son and I were invited to a Passover seder at our friends’ house and were tasked with bringing a dessert or two.
I flipped through a Passover cookbook and decided on chocolate macaroons. It only had five ingredients, and macaroons are always the best Passover dessert. The recipe called for 3 egg whites, coconut, ground almonds, some sugar and chocolate. Keep that in mind.
As I [...]

This Treehugger piece uses some neat illustrations to depict the impact of food waste. And the full set of infographics are even cooler.
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Unfortunately, this WWII poster mixes an anti-waste message with lame sexism.
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Are you part of the hard core apple club? A fifth grade group on a trip learns about conservation, more than [...]

Black-eyed peas are thought to be good luck, which might explain the band’s success. It definitely explains why the legumes are eaten through the South on New Year’s Day.
One theory–the one found on Wikipedia–posits that the tradition dates back to the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) and that Sephardic Jews brought the tradition with them to [...]

First off, Merry Christmas!
Many of us will enjoy a nice family dinner on Christmas–and I hope you do enjoy it! I also hope you make good use of your leftovers. As does my man Hilary Benn, UK Environment Secretary, who hit out at the practice of binning Christmas leftovers.
Meanwhile, in a related topic, the City of [...]

Washington’s King County (home of Seattle) is pushing the envelope on food waste collection. Why should Thanksgiving be any different?
Monday, a neighborhood in Renton, Wash., dumped turkey carcasses and other Thanksgiving leftovers in a public location as part of a composting demo organized by the County recycling team. I’m guessing the county carted away the [...]

If I was going to make a short video summing up the problem of wasted food, it’d look something like this. Good did a great job of illuminating the problem and then suggesting ideas on how to take action.

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Speaking of taking action, with Thanksgiving upon us, I just wanted to add a few reminders [...]

Really? Planned food fights as birthday party entertainment? That’s the best you can do? There is an interested skirmish in the comments section, but to throw another 2 cents in, I’d say there are environmental and ethical implications to wasting food as opposed to money.
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Howard County, Md, is rocking recess before lunch (HT [...]

In addition to being my brother’s birthday, Saturday is (the) International Climate Day of Action. 350.org, has issued this call to action to get our atmospheric CO2 below 350 parts per million. It’s imperative stuff. You can find local events on the site, and don’t forget that reducing food waste helps the environment, too.
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