Originally this was intended to be a profile of a stellar small business doing meaningful work and the woman behind it all - and that it still is, but now it is also a call for you to support those businesses in your community that need your patronage now more than ever as we contend with the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
Read MoreRecycling: it’s the answer to all of our waste problems…right? While the push for recycling in recent decades has been rampant, the industry of recycling has had major struggles with the resale market (or lack thereof), consumer behavior, and where to go next.
Read MoreWhat is composting and why should we do it? The invisible menace of the food we waste is what happens when it gets to landfill.
Read MoreSueli Shaw leads Social Impact at DoorDash, the nation’s leading on-demand food platform founded in 2013. Project DASH is a strong logistical partner of Replate, so we wanted to speak with the woman behind it all about her connection to food, and how she ended up spearheading community initiatives for DoorDash.
Read MoreChef Nick Balla wasn’t even introduced to the concept of food waste until his first job in the restaurant industry. Since then he’s spent his career trying to work waste out of restaurant culture and practices.
Read MoreNot only does soil support so much life under the ground, but also all of our life above ground by growing and enriching our food. Its health is crucial to our planet’s health, to our health, to the future viability of life in all its splendid forms. And this life force is disappearing.
Read MoreWelcome to Waste Hater Profiles -- the first in a series where we interview friends in the industry doing interesting and awesome work to reduce all kinds of waste, food or otherwise. We spoke to the Founder and CEO of ReGrained, Dan Kurzrock, about how the seeds of the business were sewn during his days as an underaged home brewer in college.
Read MoreThis is the second installment of our series focusing on inputs that are wasted when food is - and we have broken down this one even further to cover water waste along the agricultural supply chain and farming communities who lack access to clean drinking water. Stay tuned next week for Part 2 of this piece that will cover the urgency of protecting our water sources for the environment and the future.
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