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I don’t know about you, but I think it’s totally worth it to stop by my local grocery store once a week to pick up “scrap produce.” Even if we do end up giving most of it to our flock of backyard chickens, I still think it’s kind of fun. One of these days I’m Read More >>
photo credit A big thanks to reader Holli who forwarded this article about how Ex Trader Joe’s President is turning expired food into cheap meals. As you know I feel food waste in America is a HUGE problem, and apparently, so does Ex Trader Joe’s president, Doug Rauch. He is opening a market in Dorchester, Read More >>
In April of 2012 I started collecting weekly boxes of food scraps from my local grocery store, and over the past year and a half I’ve noticed there is a seasonal roller coaster effect as to what gets but in those scrap boxes. Fresh corn for instance. There is always plenty of it during the Read More >>
This weeks “scrap boxes” were filled with a bunch of produce that was still edible {imagine that!}. Some weeks there is a lot of variety, and other’s it’s like hitting the mushroom lotto or something and I have to scramble to figure out what to with mass quantities of one item. It’s fun, but sometimes Read More >>
When we went to pick up our boxes of “chicken scraps” this week there were only 3 boxes. And you know what? It was kind of a relief. After having to process 20 pounds of peppers the other day, we were kind of exhausted. 😉 As usual we gave almost all of the greens to Read More >>
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