We Can’t Solve Food Insecurity with Food Waste
Using excess food to tackle food insecurity seems like a no-brainer, right? We’ve got two big problems on our hands: 40% of the food we produce ends up in the […]
A Sneak Peek into 2030: How We Cut Food Waste in Half
The United Nations, the U.S. Government, and our home state of Michigan all have the same goal: to cut food waste in half by 2030. That’s because wasting less food […]
The Future of Food Waste
How will we reach our country’s goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030? Each sector of our food system has a part to play, including farms, manufacturing, restaurants, […]
Wish-packing and other school lunch mishaps
By now, kids that are going back to school are back, and all across the U.S., school lunches are once again being packed in the morning. And, at the end […]
Where does the food go?
In our last blog post, we answered the question “where does the food come from?” In this post we answer another common question — where does the food go? When […]
Where does the food come from?
When you’re making 1,000 meals a week from donated food, one of the biggest questions is, “where does all that food come from?” The simple answer is, everywhere! Just about […]
What about our waste?
How does an event called “Make Food Not Waste” handle its own waste? Thanks to partners in the community, we’ll be composting food scraps, napkins, and plates and recycling the […]
Use it, don’t lose it
We’ve all been there — checking the date on a carton of eggs, a ketchup bottle, a packet of meat and realizing that the date has passed. In the bin, […]
This Labor Day, thank a farmer
This is my Papa, Frank DiMuzio, Sr. He was a vegetable farmer in New Jersey back when farms defined the state’s moniker, the Garden State. For me, it’s the greenhouse […]
Power out
Stronger storms can mean more power outages. Here are a few tips on what to do if it happens to you: Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much […]
