This Gardener's Pie recipe is my tribute to the would-otherwise-be-wasted ugly vegetables in my Imperfect Produce box last week. The food recovery startup Imperfect Produce first came on my radar when I saw its CEO and COO speak at a Food +Tech Connect meetup here in San Francisco. The two spoke about their company's multi-part mission to 1) reduce food waste while[...]
It's very simple. Easy weeknight vegetables are good for you. Easy weeknight vegetables made with Hungry Harvest produce are good for you, society, and the planet. Let me explain. Late last year, while visiting family in Maryland, I was curious to find East Coast startups involved in food and nutrition while having a positive sustainability impact. Hungry Harvest came[...]
Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10% of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50% of U.S. land, and swallows 80% of all freshwater consumed in the United States. That's the statement by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) scientist and "food waste warrior" Dana Gunders that begins Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork t[...]