Friday Buffet

Come on, Cleveland! You’re telling me you toss so much food on the ground at ballgames that you’ve essentially trained sea gulls to come on game days?! First Drew Carey, now this? On the plus side, I’d really like to see a live eagle swoop, so I hope the fireworks don’t disperse the gulls.

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Here’s Makes and Takes on the benefits of tray-freezing. Natch, one is avoided waste.

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Raleigh’s Inter-Faith Food Shuttle launched a farm and community gardens project recently. They’re also accepting donations from gardens in association with Plant a Row for the Hungry. And I hear that the Lawrence, Kansas master gardeners are getting into the donation act. 

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Portland restaurants are increasingly separating their food waste for pick up, but the Rose City still can’t find a site for a local compost facility. At present, it’s sent to a large transfer station (that I visited and can still smell in my mind’s nose), then shipped north to Seattle.  

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Here’s a story on a New Hampshire family who weighed their food waste for a month and includes some general food storage tips. Not sure what the extension specialist is talking about when she says that apples only last a day or two sitting out on the counter. Uh…not on this planet.