Food Waste Focus

Have you read this great article yet?  It was in the June 2010 issue of Food Mangement.  It takes a good look at composting: how is compost created, what are the space requiremnts and is it realistic at your facility.
Check it out: http://food-management.com/business_topics/management/composting-solutions-garbage-gold-0610/

Not everyone uses the same words when they talk about food waste.
Some refer to “waste” while others say “food residuals” “food surplus” “food scraps” or “organic waste.” The word choice often varies based on the relationship of the speaker to the food: for example, one chef might see overproduction and call it “food waste” while [...]

Whats more likely to attract positive attention when outsiders tour through a kitchen: a compost bin filled with todays leftovers or an empty speed rack in a walk-in? In most all cases the compost bin steals the show. But the empty shelf actually has a much bigger story to tell.
In fact, food waste prevention ranks [...]

Once managers and staff members begin a waste tracking/prevention program, we often see a spike in “expired” products – items which have exceeded acceptable time limits.  The reason is that these teams are doing a great job at safely saving leftovers but they need to identify enough good opportunities to utilize the leftovers before they [...]

How important is Food Donation?  Looking at the EPA Food Waste Hierarchy we see that the best way to eliminate food waste is to reduce it at the source.  Source reduction is the easiest, best and least expensive way to reduce your waste footprint.  The next best thing is food donation – feeding hungry people.  [...]

Love Food but Hate Waste?
Here at LeanPath, we talk about Food Waste Reduction on a regular basis.  Reducing food waste through tracking, goal setting and monitoring.  We give hints and tips about best practices from the many hospitals, colleges and corporate clients we deal with on a regular basis.  We love to hear when other [...]

Recently we have run across a few interesting blogs about school children and food waste.  What are our children learning about food waste?  What is the outcome?  Will it help them to develop lifelong habits?
LeanPath has been in contact with a class from East Academy in Tennessee.  A group of kids there have started a [...]

We recently ran across an article in Healthcare Design magazine titled: “Where does your facility fall on the greening spectrum?”
Although this article focused on healthcare (regulated medical waste, preferred purchasing, etc.), they spoke about a Practice Greenhealth study and their efforts to break ‘greening’ down into specific categories.  By doing this it helps the operations [...]

It seems that Food Waste and Food Waste Reduction strategies have finally made it to the ‘hot topic‘ list. We have seen a huge increase in the number of webinars focused around food waste and reduction strategies in recent months.  Below are just some of those available in the coming months.
Check out these TWO webinars [...]

What is “Food Rescue”?
Food Rescue: the practice of safely retrieving edible food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to those in need.
Why is this important? 90% of low-income households with at least one child under the age of 12 use food pantries and soup kitchens and also participate in the School [...]