NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » waste http://kool1017.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Half Of The World's Food Is Thrown Away http://kool1017.com/half-of-the-worlds-food-is-thrown-away/ http://kool1017.com/half-of-the-worlds-food-is-thrown-away/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:33:01 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=43166 The lack of reliable food sources plague large portions of our world - while at the same time, those that have food available to them waste more than half of it.
Hard data is still being collected, but experts at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago this week said an estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of the food produced in the world goes uneaten

]]> http://kool1017.com/half-of-the-worlds-food-is-thrown-away/feed/ 0 Source: freeryk via flickr Food Waste: To Recycle Or Not http://kool1017.com/food-waste-to-recycle-or-not/ http://kool1017.com/food-waste-to-recycle-or-not/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:15:08 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=23336 It's astounding to think of how much of the food a single person or family buys actually gets thrown away as waste.  Case in point froma post-Thanksgiving blog I stumbled across:
As Americans across the country prep their 20-pound Butterballs for the annual gorge fest of Thanksgiving, I had a flashback to a story I reported earlier this year

]]> http://kool1017.com/food-waste-to-recycle-or-not/feed/ 0 source: Peter-Kraminski via flickr Waste Not, Want Not — Grocery Store Vows to Be First 'Zero Waste' Store in the US [VIDEO] http://kool1017.com/waste-not-want-not-grocery-store-vows-to-be-first-zero-waste-store-in-the-us-video/ http://kool1017.com/waste-not-want-not-grocery-store-vows-to-be-first-zero-waste-store-in-the-us-video/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:45:30 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=20230 A new store is taking on Whole Foods in the company’s hometown of Austin, Texas.

Like the well-known chain, In.gredients will specialize in local and organic edibles, but with one key difference — it vows to be first “package-free, zero waste grocery store” in the US.

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