Category Archives: Food Recovery

How Ya Like Them Apples?

A few of you kind souls have sent this City Harvest PSA to me, all with the caveat that ‘no apples were wasted in the making of this ad.’ I was pretty skeptical. I mean, how’d they do it? By installing nets on the opposite subway track? By considering feeding rats not wasting? Oh, right–CGI. […]

December 18, 2009 | Also posted in Environment, International | Comments closed

Feeding Five Grand

Today, a coalition of cool people will feed a multitude of Londoners a free lunch in Trafalgar Square. Feeding the 5,000 is an event organized by Tristram Stuart in conjunction with a bunch of partners–FareShare, ActionAid, Save the Children and This is Rubbish. The noon-time event won’t require any miracles, as in a past feeding […]

December 16, 2009 | Also posted in International | Comments closed

Eye on Food Waste

This past Friday, the CBS Evening News ran a piece about food recovery. Those of you who know what food recovery/rescue is, won’t be enthralled, but it’s neat nonetheless to see a network tackle the issue. (Yes, even though networks’ allure has declined a bit in recent years.) I was happy to see Hidden Harvest […]

November 16, 2009 | Also posted in Hunger | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Who’s up for some Slip ‘n Slide Split Pea ‘n Slide?? Is sliding through food some sort of Idaho cultural tradition? Didn’t think so. (HT to Katy) — — I never thought I’d write the words Brian and Boitano on this blog, but this page from Toronto Life has news on the ex-skater’s cooking show […]

November 13, 2009 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Animated Food Rescue

What a pleasant surprise to stumble upon RescueFood.org, a stand-alone site created by NYC’s own food rescuers, City Harvest. The site raises the profile for food rescue/recovery through a series of whimsical animated shorts, like this: I like “Butterfinger” the most, and it seems like the site’s designers do, too. “High Steaks Poker” seems like […]

November 2, 2009 | Posted in Food Recovery | 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 College, Composting, Energy, Friday Buffet | 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 College, Events, Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Now Serving: More Donations

The other NRA, the National Restaurant Association, is getting more serious about food donation. The restaurant group announced a new partnership with the Food Donation Connection, a kind of food recovery matchmaker. This is great news, as many restaurants are hesitant to donate their excess food. Unfounded fears of liability and inertia/laziness are two major […]

September 15, 2009 | Also posted in Restaurant | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Here’s a look inside the food-waste-to-energy plant in Oakland. Hey Bay Area folks, keep your oyster shells, rags and rocks out of the compost! — — Using watermelon cast-offs to make fuel? Seriously? I thought watermelon was about 99% water? And which have more energy–original or seedless? Of course, it’d be great if we weren’t […]

August 28, 2009 | Also posted in Farm, Food Safety, Friday Buffet, Household, Supermarket, Technology | 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 College, Friday Buffet, Waste Stream | Comments closed