Friday Buffet

There’s much ado about kitchen bins in Britain, where there’s talk of a landfill food waste ban. I like seeing the different angles, from diverting food from the waste stream and its environmental benefits to Big Brother/fines. (Can you guess which way my bias slants?)

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photo by jorg weingrill via creative commonsThe Telegraph brings us this slide show of produce oddities–all of which I’d happily eat. Even the ‘R-rated’ carrot (you’ll know it when you see it).

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Not food waste, but waste: The NY Times‘ looks at how dairies’ spreading of manure is polluting groundwater. Because many operations are so large, they’ve turned a solution into a problem.

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How would you feel if someone went through your trash to tally food waste? What if they didn’t tell you? And what if they were public employees?

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Here’s a scandalous clip of Top Chef contestants destroying produce. OK, maybe it’s not quite scandalous. How about foolish? 

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