YouTube description: Though France has banned supermarkets from throwing out food, 150,000 metric tons of bread wind up in the trash every year. Le Crumbler grinds old bread into fine crumbs to be used... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 274 views • 5:21

"An ornithologist explains how robin hatchlings and their parents keep their nest clean. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! Earlier this year I noticed a bird nest with a single... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 109 views • 9:43

Watch a maggot ‘fountain’ devour waste food. Findings could help grub farmers using human food waste to produce larvae-based chicken feed.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 6 months ago • 18 views • 1:27

When you French toast leftover pizza, the stale crust becomes a soft and savory pillow, while the once-rubbery cheese crisps on the outside of a gooey interior. This isn't a technique you want to waste... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 3 years 12 months ago • 788 views • 2:33

Right now in the U.S. the dairy industry is working to enforce the rules about what products can call themselves milk. They are making the case that nut milks aren't really milks, because they don't come... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 4 years 1 week ago • 4,443 views • 3:17

"Food labels don’t mean what you think they mean. ... When people clean out their fridge, they look at whatever date is on the label and throw it in the trash if it’s past that date. But the chances... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 89 views • 4:41

YouTube description: Using city rooftops to grow healthy sustainable food. Learn how Lufa Farms is using technology and automation to grow fresh food daily with no soil, no pesticides, less water and zero waste. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,214 views • 10:50

"Eat your peas! It’s the easiest way to fight climate change. This is the fourth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 3 months ago • 294 views • 9:22

The days of wasting condiments — and other products — that stick stubbornly to the sides of their bottles may be gone, thanks to MIT spinout LiquiGlide, which has licensed its nonstick coating to a... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 865 views • 3:40

YouTube description: More than one thousand commercial trucks cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz. every day, many of them filled with produce. Much of that food would go to waste if not for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 424 views • 2:55

I built a fenced enclosure and cultivated sweet potatoes (from civilisation) and yams (from the wild) in it. I originally had a small 3X3 m garden behind the wattle and daub hut that already had some sweet... continue reading

posted by cricket 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 948 views • 6:26

I haven't had this, have you? I bet their sales are at least steady due to negative reputation, and will probably go up as it spreads. Good for them.

posted by artician 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 85 views • 3:16

"Nearly half of produce grown in the U.S. never makes it to the dinner table. Between price fluctuations and "defective" pieces of fruit, PBS Newshour looks into our epidemic of waste." -- PBS

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 208 views • 9:06

YT: Intermarché launched the Inglorious Fruits&Vegetables, a film, print, poster and radio campaign, celebrating the beauty of the Grotesque Apple, the Ridiculous Potato, the Hideous Orange, the Failed... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 8 years 3 weeks ago • 340 views • 2:31

1/3 of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted before it is eaten, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization estimates. Here's a quick look at some of the numbers behind that stark reality.

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 401 views • 1:03

Apparently he is talking about wasting water.

posted by luxury_pie 1 decade 1 year 4 weeks ago • 1,163 views • 3:10

I was thinking about a year or so ago, what a great idea it would be for supermarkets to sell food in bulk so that customers can bring their own containers, thereby doing away with wasteful packaging.... continue reading

posted by persephone 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 776 views • 1:18