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World's largest vertical farm grows without soil, sunlight or water in Newark
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#FoodNews: 'AeroFarms has put $30m into a green revolution that seeks to produce more crops in less space, but whether it’s economically viable is an open question'
Celebrity Chefs Turn Wasted Olympics Food Into Meals for Homeless
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Consider what it takes to keep all those Olympian machines nourished and hydrated for one meal at the Rio Games: 250 tons of raw ingredients to fill the bellies of 18,000 athletes, coaches and offi...
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munchiemummy I saw an article about this today - I think it's an absolutely brilliant idea. More events should adopt this idea.
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lauren Agreed! So much food goes to waste at large events and it could make such a difference. I wonder what stadiums and convention centers are doing about this day to day
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katewilson So fantastic.
This app fights food waste by letting you buy restaurant leftovers : TreeHugger
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"No, it's not the unfinished meals left by customers, but rather perfectly good food that would otherwise be thrown out at the end of the day."
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JennaLose What a cool concept! I wish we had this in the US!
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SallyRogers This is great! Here's a woman's casual documentation of using the app for 24 hours: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/i-ate-nothing-but-leftover-restaurant-food-for-24-hours-using-th/
Dad's tomatoes on fleek
My dad started his tomatoes from plants the size of his hand and now look at them!
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munchiemummy Get ready to do some canning! 😆
Vermicomposting Harnesses The Pooping Power Of Worms For The Good Of Humanity: Hype Or Real Deal? : Goats and Soda : NPR
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"What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops."
A great visual of what 100 calories of various foods looks like
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From the Food Network
Freezer Meals: 21 Make-Ahead Recipes to Eat All Week - What are you favorite make ahead meals?
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I'm a big fan of the Sunday cooking party to cook for the week. Not all of these recipes are very balanced, but it's given me a ton of ideas of how to prep nutritious meals so I can eat home-cooked...
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munchiemummy I roasted a whole chicken on Sunday, incorporated it into dinner on Monday, and make stock from the carcass that I can freeze for soup or cooking later on.
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DietID_TeamDietitians So good @munchiemummy! Cooking can be much easier if we use all parts
10 Plant-based Proteins You Should be Eating
nutritionstripped.com
The stigma has always been - if you want to be vegetarian, you won't get enough protein. This list highlights just how wrong that is! And in fact, the only olympic weightlifter from the US in Rio i...
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Gwendolyn This is so helpful! #meatlessmonday
Rio 2016: International chefs cooking surplus Olympic food for city's poorest residents
independent.co.uk
Such a great example of #nofoodwaste in a big event setting! "A group of international chefs has launched an effort to tackle the widespread hunger problem in Rio de Janeiro by cooking surplus food...
Veganism’s place in the climate change debate | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
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"Letters: We can practise all the accepted methods of reducing carbon emissions, but nothing is more effective than choosing to have no more than two children"
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MargaretG
The vertical farm trend really bothers me. I can't put my finger on exactly why but it feels like the wrong shade of "green."
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etsummer
@MargaretG I totally feel you! I think it can definitely be hard to digest...especially when ideally we'd like to see and are working towards the return to small farms and localized production. If...
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DietID_TeamDietitians
Totally agree @etsummer I'm not an anti-innovation person so I'm happy to see progress that unlocks supply of fresh food in communities that need it most. But we need lots of aerofarms to tip the...
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