I’m traveling now, but wanted to highlight this article on expiration dates that ran this week in The Boston Globe. I don’t recall such a detailed look at the topic in a major newspaper. The food waste awareness is mounting…
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Category Archives: Household
A Challenge
In the last post, I answered that most vexing of questions: Why should I care about food waste? Given its environmental, ethical and economic impact, the logical next question is: What can I do?? You’ll never guess what my first bit of advice is: Waste less food! Sure. But how? The short answer is to become [...]
March 31, 2011 | Posted in Household 11 Comments
Cheap, Cheap!
As I’ve often mentioned, cheap food is a major cause for food waste. For the past few years it has hovered at about 10 percent of household spending. But, at a recent brown bag lunch, Portland food and waste thinkers informed me that the cost had dipped even further. It’s now 6.9 percent! That’s based [...]
March 16, 2011 | Posted in Household 6 Comments
Catching Up
I’m still getting mentally unpacked from a fabulous West Coast swing. (Thanks to all who came out to one event or another.) While I was away, I didn’t have the chance to pass along a link to this New York Times piece on expiration dates. It was neat to see such a major newspaper address [...]
March 14, 2011 | Also posted in Food Safety, Personal 2 Comments
Bread Love
I’m on the road now, prepping for a couple of events in San Francisco (find details here). But I had to pass on this useful post communicating 17 Uses for Stale Bread. And you were planning to feed it to the birds!!
March 7, 2011 | Also posted in Life to Leftovers, Repurposing 1 Comment
Friday Buffet
English police arrested a woman who took waffles, pies and other goods thrown out by an English food retailer after the store lost power for a while. The craziest part is that the police tracked her down later at her home and took her away in handcuffs. Here’s a sensible commentary on the matter. — — [...]
February 18, 2011 | Also posted in Energy, Freegan, Friday Buffet, International 3 Comments
Super Money Savers
This time of year, the adjective ‘super’ gets thrown around a bunch. Well, this list of ways to save money with food is really that. Without further ado, here’s that super list: 14 Ways to Save Money on Groceries. In my humble opinion, it really could be called 14 Ways to Avoid Food Waste. I especially [...]
February 9, 2011 | Also posted in Supermarket 2 Comments
Super Monday
Good to hear the NFL’s habit of recovering edible food from its Super Bowls continued last night in Dallas. This tradition of excellence donation has been happening for almost 20 years now. The NFL works with local food recovery groups and acquires food from events leading up to the game and the game itself (both high [...]
February 7, 2011 | Also posted in Events, Food Recovery 1 Comment
Friday Buffet
The latest version of Freakonomics Radio has a few fascinating bits linked to reducing waste. There’s the food scientist who’s worked on canning tomatoes to maximize taste and minimize waste. And then there’s an inventor who created a “food printer” that could trim waste by creating just the right amount of food, through just-in-time cooking. [...]
February 4, 2011 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, Supermarket, Technology 2 Comments
The Reports Report
Last week, the EPA released the latest version of its Municipal Solid Waste report. It’s a big occasion in these parts. If you’re like me, you eschew the fact sheet for the 189-page full report. Because the latter includes the all-important “products discarded” (on page 94). That represents what’s dumped in landfills, after recycling reduces [...]
February 2, 2011 | Also posted in Restaurant, Stats, Waste Stream 2 Comments