Friday Buffet

Because seeing is believing: Here’s the booty from a dumpster diving expedition that shows how much good food grocery stores throw out.photo by flappingwings (via Creative Commons)

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Don’t waste that pigeon squab?!?

UPDATE: I noticed that Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse is featuring squab on August 9th.
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed fines to ensure San Franciscans keep their food waste and other recycling streams separate.

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Downsizing your ‘food print‘ includes wasting less food. I’d prefer the term ‘carbon food print,’ but either way, it’s a nice piece.

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UPDATE: Yesterday I wrote about how Bennigan’s declared bankruptcy and is closing all of its restaurants. One Florida Bennigan’s announced it will donate its remaining food to an after-school program for at-risk teenage boys. Hopefully other Bennigan’s will follow suit.

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Not really food waste, but waste-related and cool: Check out this tip-of-the-iceberg Swiss trash can. The sideways video is annoying, but it’s worth sticking around until at least the 35 second mark.

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