Category Archives: College

M’Gosh, Oshkosh!

Recently, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh announced that they’ll start construction on an anaerobic digestion project this spring. It’s great news, as the food waste-to-energy project should be completed by the fall. I’m not sure why exactly it’ll be the “first of its kind nationwide,” as the article mentions, but I’d guess it has something to […]

March 1, 2010 | Also posted in Anaerobic Digestion, Energy | Comments closed

El Buffet de Viernes

Yes, I’m blogging on location from beautiful, hot Santiago. You’ll be glad to hear that I’ve decided against blogging in Spanish!¡ I recently walked by a Santiago market after it had closed and noticed a vendor was still there, doing something odd. I went by to have a look and she was cutting the tops off strawberries, […]

January 29, 2010 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, International, School, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Hate: A Strong Word

While I was meeting with the woman who runs the Love Food, Hate Waste (LFHW) site in England, the dining services folks at UC Davis used that very slogan as the title for their report/how-to-manual/call to action. Good for them! “Love Food, Hate Waste” is really worth browsing through, as it has a little bit […]

December 10, 2009 | Also posted in International | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

First BOGOFL, then lagom. Am I going insane? Possibly, but these aren’t indications of that, just ideas from the world of food waste reduction. To follow up on the Buy One Get One Free-Later idea, a poorly-worded survey found that 58 percent believe the ability to get the free item later would reduce supermarket waste. But…the idea is aimed […]

October 30, 2009 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, International, Supermarket, Trayless, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Sky Vegetables–where do I invest? While they don’t have a roof-top garden operating yet, part of their plan is to compost and use food scraps from the building on which the garden sits.  — — Some folks in Vermont are hoping to show why it’s called the Green Mountain State, as they’re looking into creating energy from food waste, via anaerobic digestion […]

October 9, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Energy, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Not sure how I missed this awesome photo spread of refrigerator contents, but I’m just glad we’re together now. Bonus points to the first person to find the truly bizarre item inside one freezer (hint: eek!). — — Here’s a priveleged response to traylessness at Stanford (where trays are still available on request). In my opinion, […]

October 2, 2009 | Also posted in Farm, Friday Buffet, Household, International, Trayless | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

I was excited to see that Washington & Lee is recovering food at a Walmart! Nice to have some of those giant stores onboard. If they can do that nationwide, we’d really be getting somewhere. While we’re at it, how cool is the Campus Kitchen at W & L?! — — Talk about a local […]

September 25, 2009 | Also posted in Events, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

A Cape Cod mother reflects on how much trash can collect in just one weekend. The article includes an interesting discussion of reducing waste via Pay-As-You-Throw trash collection. — — Good to see the (tennis) U.S. Open is composting the food scraps from its central kitchens, but why not have composting bins on the concourse for fans? We’ll call […]

September 4, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Energy, Events, Friday Buffet, Trayless, Vermiculture, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Semantics update: Don’t call it waste! After all, you wouldn’t throw away a resource, would you? — — Inmate gleaning?! Sure beats breaking rocks. Besides, how many license plates do states really need? — — Here’s a study assessing the environmental impact of five different scenarios for handling food waste. It turns out that a garbage disposal is […]

August 21, 2009 | Also posted in Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Analyzing Traylessness

I’ve been meaning to get around to this post for a while, but the buns keep piling up… Anyway, without further ado, I present what I’m pretty sure is a first: a scholarly study on traylessness. It was written by my food-waste friend Andy Sarjahani and two of his Virginia Tech colleagues, Elena Serrano and Rick […]

June 3, 2009 | Also posted in Trayless | Comments closed