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Why Are Dairy Cow Diets Important to Chefs Fighting Food Waste?

The New York Times had a detailed article on June 4 about how Stonyfield Farms has change the diets of their dairy cows to reduce methane emissions by 18%.   What, you may ask, does this have to do with food waste?  The answer is that chefs and managers who are working to reduce food waste [...]

Healthcare Foodservice Focuses on Waste

I just returned from the ASHFSA National Conference (American Society of Healthcare Foodservice Administrators).  Conference attendees — who are primarily foodservice directors in hospitals and long-term care facilities — could attend a four-part series on foodservice sustainability which included a 90-minute session on Waste Management Best Practices (I was the moderator of the session).  Many [...]