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Apple Cores: Not Just for the Compost Bin
Master Gardeners' "Harvest for Neighbors" Project
From the University of California Master Gardeners ..."One of our goals for this program is to encourage our neighbors who have gardens, to plant *one extra row* in their gardens, and to harvest th...
Why it's so hard to recycle coffee cups
" . . . Disposable coffee cups, milk cartons, takeout boxes, and other food packaging has a plastic lining to make sure liquids and oils don’t seep through. But most recycling systems in the U.S. a...
Just Eat It: Documentary & Panel Discussion, 10/16
"Please join the Office of Sustainability at the University of California, Merced for a panel discussion with producer Jen Rustemeyer from the documentary film, 'Just Eat It'. The event will be hel...
French Consumers Urged to Eat More Cheese
" . . . Consumers in France have been spending more on staples and pre-packaged cheese during the COVID-19 crisis, and have shunned many traditional cheeses from smaller makers, according to the Ce...
Urgent Need for Volunteers at Food Banks
On Monday the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank sent out an urgent call for volunteers: "Volunteer in the Warehouse Urgent Need More than a third of our March volunteers have cancelled — that is 1,5...
Inside the Mother of All Food Rescues at the Super Bowl
" . . . Over the previous three days, she had directed a team of volunteers to collect about 35,000 pounds of food from the Hard Rock stadium in Miami. Leading up to the Super Bowl, volunteers had ...
How to reduce food waste this holiday season
"This holiday season, avoid tossing food in the trash by taking these steps: • Try not to over prepare food; instead try to prepare “just enough.” • Encourage friends and family to take...
New California law makes it legal to cook up roadkill — and aims to save lives
" . . . Archuleta’s bill mandates a pilot program to track wildlife collisions in three parts of the state, which have yet to be determined. By Jan. 1, 2022, the California Fish and Game Commission...
Bipartisan bill on food expiration labels could cut many tons of food waste
" . . . That would help reduce the staggering amount of safe-to-eat food that ends up in landfills. According to a June report by the Government Accountability Office, between 30 and 40 percent of ...
5 Ways to Host a More Environmentally Friendly BBQ
" . . . The biggest impact of the cookout, and easiest thing to adjust, is the food. Visit the Farmers’ Market ... Less Meat but better Meat ... Food Waste-free Cookout . . . "
Can I bury my kitchen waste in the garden rather than composting in a bin?
It's difficult to keep the compost pile wet enough to produce good hot compost - the heat and the sun in Florida dries it out too quickly. And the raised beds provide too much square footage to pl...
Edible Carving: How 3D printers Could Create Your Next Meal
" . . . 3D food printing has found itself at the forefront of digitally printed objects. Currently, confectioneries around the world are using 3D printers to produce vibrant layers of candy. The cu...
What to do with a hardened gluten-free pasta salad?
Hi guys! I made an abundance of delicious Wegmans brand gluten-free penne salad last night, but the pasta has since hardened to a rock upon refrigeration. The salad contains Genoa salami, red onion...
How do you use sweetened almond milk?
DH came home from Costco with three half-gallons of Silk organic sweetened almond milk. I have been using unsweetened Trader Joe's or Pacific on cereal. I do NOT like the Silk. It's too sweet an...
Food Waste Survey
I am a college student doing a research paper on food waste. It is a very real issue and there are many simple things we could do to reduce the overall waste we accumulate throughout years. I would...
Wedding Halls - Food Waste
I have really been getting on people about food waste lately. I was at a wedding last night and everything was amazing, but I noticed that at the end of cocktail hour each station was loaded with ...
Where do you keep your kitchen garbage can?
Was thinking about where the ideal place for a kitchen garbage can would be and where most people place theirs. I'm talking about the garbage can that you use to dump food waste and empty food car...
First Class Meal
" . . . The team’s proposal, which won the Urban SOS: Fair Share competition in January, envisages using the vast postal system network to improve food security in the US. Grocery stores and market...
USDA Revises Guidance on Date Labeling to Reduce Food Waste
"...Except for infant formula, product dating is not required by Federal regulations. Food manufacturers frequently use a variety of phrases, such as 'Sell-by' and 'Use-by' on product labels to des...
5 Food Systems Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Denmark
"...From food waste reduction to better treatment of both animals and people working in the its food industry, here are some lessons that the U.S. could afford to learn from this small northern Eur...