Category Archives: Farmers’ Market

Friday Buffet

Less waste through technology: When farmer’s market orders are made in advance online, growers only pick what they know will go to use.  — — The EPA food waste calculator–out sometime in September, I think–will let businesses calculate how diverting food from their waste stream will save them dough. (Hat tip to Lean Path.) — — […]

August 13, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Farm, Farmers' Market, Friday Buffet, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Some Summer Inspiration

For those of you wondering how else you can reduce the amount of food waste we create outside the home, here’s an idea (and a nice read): start an end-of-the-day farmers’ market produce collection. Margaret Gifford of Chapel Hill, N.C., has done that to great effect, with her Carrboro Farmers’ Market Farmer Foodshare. Many farmers’ markets have such […]

July 29, 2009 | Also posted in Farmers' Market, Food Recovery | Comments closed

Shopping Day(s)

With a baby arriving any day now (my wife is past her due date), I’ve been hesitant to do much meal planning. I don’t want to be in the hospital fretting about that whole chicken in the fridge. As a result, I’ve been grocery shopping on a day-to-day basis. I have to say: it’s not […]

February 4, 2009 | Also posted in Farmers' Market, Household, Personal, Supermarket | Comments closed

Austin City, No Limits

This makes my month: the Austin Farmer’s Market is now accepting compost from individuals partly because of this humble blog. Farmers selling at Texas’ largest growers-only market have long donated unsold edibles to soup kitchens and composted the remains. Since last Saturday, though, shoppers can bring their household food waste to the market. This makes […]

January 6, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Farmers' Market, Waste Stream | Comments closed