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Denmark's new grocer sells expired food to the public
npr.org
Shoppers are flocking to a supermarket hawking perfectly edible but unsalable food items at a steep discount to the general public in Copenhagen. #foodnews #nofoodwaste
Everything in my fridge w/ lemon juice, evoo, salt and pepper 😄 #fridayfun
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annefood You had some yummy stuff in your fridge! #nofoodwaste
Is that milk past its 'sell by' date? Drink it anyway.
latimes.com
This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves in the industry and I hope on Food Recovery Lobby Day on Apr 4, 2016 we address this issue.
"My father used to keep food in the ref...
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DietID_TeamDietitians i think people just need to learn how to smell milk - e.g. get to know their food a bit more.
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annefood Yes this is so ridiculous. @unconventionalbaker @JenniferEmilson and I were talking about this last week, and I suggested that there either needs to be a federal regulation as this article...
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JenniferEmilson Sell by dates and Best by dates are purely for the retailer's benefit. Common sense needs to be taught as well. I was intrigued by this conversation last week. And like @rachna said, Use your nose....
Is a tracking app the solution to commercial food waste?
foodsafetynews.com
Automated food waste tracking programs can help food service operators record what is being tossed, and monitor produce trimming, over-production and over-proportioning, plus food spoilage. #nofood...
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Riki Great concept.
It may be hard to induce such cooperation
As it is not a revenue driving activity to the food industry.
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annefood I would think it would be appealing to individual businesses to whom it would help bring in money: less food waste = less money waste.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Well waste also cost money in hauler fees, so that is one consideration. However at the retailer level, you need to think about the concept of "returns" where unsold inventory is given back to...
Saturday stew prep
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annefood Great use of Parmesan rind! #nofoodwaste
160 billion lbs of food are wasted yearly due to confusing date-labeling laws.
vimeo.com
EXPIRED is a five minute film that reveals how best by and sell by dates applied at the state level restrict stores from selling or donating perfectly good food. Did you know that "spoiled" pasteur...
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unconventionalbaker Really a shame. I guess there's no way to avoid this when food is mass produced the way it is today -- common sense is traded for "standards" that tend to backfire... :/
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JenniferEmilson Isn't it also an issue of not understand 'Best By' dates vs 'Use By' dates. Best By is a safety net for retailers, even though there is plenty of life still in that product! Nothing beats our own...
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annefood @JenniferEmilson totally! But apparently those best by dates aren't even backed by current science, yet after that date the food can't even be donated! There needs to be some sort of either a)...
U.K. grocer embraces 'wonky' veg to trim waste | MNN - Mother Nature Network
mnn.com
"Walmart's British cousin Asda gets serious about selling funny-looking vegetables."
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mirasingh Are there any US grocers who are doing this?
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sugardetoxme Not that I know of. We're so late to the game. I'm wondering if an organization, particularly a non-profit, can help lead that challenge. Maybe @NRDC? Would be easier than for ordinary citizens to...
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katewilson I for one would be interested in joining that petition!
Here’s How to Solve World Hunger
nationalgeographic.com
"About a third of the planet’s food goes to waste. That’s enough to feed two billion people." Here at Foodstand, we are big believers in reducing and eliminating food waste. You better believe we w...
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JenniferEmilson Totally agree!! Why wait for November?!
What happens to leftover food in farmers fields?
About 7-10% of the food grown in this country never leaves the farm for a variety of reasons; some is missed during harvest and some is deemed too cosmetically challenged to be sold. Considering th...
France becomes first country to force all supermarkets to give unsold food to needy.
independent.co.uk
Given that 1 and 4 children in the U.S. Goes to bed hungry and 48 million Americans live in food insecure households, this is a HUGE precedent. I hope that U.S. Can follow France's lead. #NoFoodWaste
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DietID_TeamDietitians It's so insane that this isn't happening already everywhere
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sugardetoxme Hopefully this is the first of many. Given that Obama is tackling food waste, I would imagine this becomes a policy as long as grocery stores are not held liable for any "tainted" food
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Udi http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/ This podcast gives a bit of the crazy history for how we got to where we are on this in the US