Interview with Jim Conklin and Randy Ziolkowski of Cultivate Culinary, Solution #3 Reduced Food Waste

A third of the food raised or prepared does not make it from farm or factory to fork. Producing uneaten food squanders a whole host of resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital—and generates greenhouse gases at every stage—including methane when organic matter lands in the global rubbish bin. The food we […]

Indiana Drawdown Solutions #3 – Reduced Food Waste – Indiana Food Scrap Initiative

A third of the food raised or prepared does not make it from farm or factory to fork… [This food which] we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions. Project Drawdown – Solution #3 Reduced Food Waste The Indiana Recycling Coalition started IFSI in 2015. Now they have working groups focused on […]

Indiana Drawdown Solutions #3 – Reduced Food Waste – How Cultivate Culinary is “Renewing Hope One Meal at a Time”

Did you know we throw away 30-40% of our food? And that: The food we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions. Project Drawdown – #3 Reduced Food Waste Imagine you’re at a catered event. Maybe it’s a wedding, awards ceremony, or conference. Now imagine 40% of that delicious food being dumped […]

Interview with John Williamson of Food Rescue – Solution #3 Reduced Food Waste

The food we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions. Project Drawdown – #3 Reduced Food Waste Introduction Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. An international coalition of more than 200 researchers and other experts identified and modeled the 100 most substantive, already existing solutions for […]

Indiana Drawdown Solutions #3 – Reduced Food Waste – Food Rescue Reclaims Food From 900 Schools for Food Pantries

Did you know that about 40% of all food is wasted? And that this accounts for 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions? Don’t worry, few people realized this until Project Drawdown identified reducing food waste as the third most impactful thing we can do to reverse global warming. And did you know that Indiana is […]