Wasted Food — Jonathan Bloom on food waste and how it can be avoided

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  • Report from Congressional Food Waste Hearing

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    The following article by Jonathan appeared in BioCycle‘s June 2016 issue.  — On May 25, the House Agriculture Committee held hearings on the issue of food waste. Based on their tone, committee members sounded determined to use government to prompt change in the food waste status quo. Or at the very least, help remove bureaucratic…

  • 5 Things Learned Lobbying Congress on Food Waste

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    This article by Jonathan originally appeared on Civil Eats on June 8, 2016.  — When I wrote a book about food waste six years ago, I never imagined attending a White House roundtable or lobbying Congress on the issue. But I recently had the chance to do both, with only the latter being somewhat on the record.…

  • Legislating Date Labels

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    America’s date label status quo has expired. Lack of a national standard on date labels combined with a jumble of state laws on the subject causes a jumble of confusing terms. A recent Harvard/Hopkins survey (PDF) documented the extent of that confusion. In that haze, we often throw out perfectly good food. That confusion causes…