Category Archives: General

Three Things Twitter Can Tell Us About Food Waste

As loyal WastedFood.com readers are no doubt aware, Jonathan is taking a brief hiatus from blogging as he and his wife have welcomed a baby boy into their previously waste-free lives. I told Jonathan that the least a new uncle could do was throw up a guest post or two. Here goes: Let’s begin by […]

February 13, 2009 | Also posted in Guest Posts, Stats | Comments closed

Trayless = Pay Less?

I was thrilled to see the guys at Freakonomics address the topic of traylessness. It’s nice exposure for the issue and will hopefully sway the three remaining colleges who still use trays to abandon them. (Fine, there are a few more than that. Seriously, though, if you’re still using trays, it’s time.) But…as a few […]

January 14, 2009 | Also posted in College, Trayless | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Life in Lidia’s Italy doesn’t include waste. The public television chef has some helpful advice on avoiding food waste. — — Talking about composting–that’s the spirit, Whole Foods. Now how about making food donation a priority to reduce the need for composting?  — — Belated, happy first birthday wishes to North Berkeley Harvest! In 2008, the California group picked more […]

January 2, 2009 | Also posted in Composting, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, Household | Comments closed

The Import/Export Business

I occasionally hear from apartment dwellers frustrated that they can’t compost. I point them to this indoor composting contraption or suggest worm bins. But here’s a new idea: Export your compost! I just found out that New Yorkers can drop off their food waste at Union Square Farmer’s Market, where the Lower East Side Ecology Center […]

December 22, 2008 | Also posted in Composting | Comments closed

Trimming Waste and Budgets on Campus

In what’s sure to become a familiar story, Haverford College Dining Services needs to trim 10 percent from its budget. While most of the cuts will be labor-related, the school also realizes that cutting food waste can help. Abundant (some would say excessive) choice has been the first casualty: Dining Services is also cutting back […]

December 10, 2008 | Also posted in College | Comments closed

In Response

After allowing a week to digest the comments on my Thanksgiving NYTimes.com piece, I thought I’d respond to some of them. First, I appreciated all of the input and was heartened to see the enthusiasm. Whether it takes a positive or negative tone, it’s great that people have so much to say about the issue […]

December 4, 2008 | Posted in General | Comments closed

Monday Reading

I’ve been traveling this weekend and Monday, so I don’t have a proper post today. But I wanted to pass along this interesting article on Washingtonians who lived through the Great Depression. These folks have wisdom to share and, unfortunately, some of it might become quite relevant: The common adage of the time, McKenzie recalled, […]

November 17, 2008 | Posted in General | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Here are some ideas on Obama’s food policy. Strange that there’s no mention of a Food Waste Czar. He must want to keep it hush-hush. — — Reminder: Nov 26 is your last chance to submit your comments on the proposed Green Seal Environmental Standard for Restaurants. — — OK, University of New Mexico, it’s […]

November 14, 2008 | Also posted in College, Composting, Processing Plants, Restaurant, Trayless | Comments closed

Session Notes, Reduced

In addition to witnessing my first buffet outage, I actually learned a thing or two at yesterday’s AASHE conference. In a session called “Food, Dining and Compost,” I heard folks from the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington talk about their composting programs. First, good on them for composting. But my main […]

November 12, 2008 | Also posted in College, Composting | Comments closed

The Day After

In the glow of President-elect Obama’s victory watershed win, Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, made the TV rounds, putting the moment in perspective. Lewis, a hero of the civil rights movement and a member of congress for more than 20 years, has a unique vantage point from which to comment on last night’s historic […]

November 5, 2008 | Posted in General | Comments closed