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Taylor Burkhart

Generators of Food Waste | Organic Materials | US EPA - 0 views

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    The epa is asking supermarkets to use generaters to significantly cut down on the food waste that they put out each day and month. The epa put a Hierarchy up to show how this goes, Source Reduction, Feed Hungry People, Feed Animals, Industrial uses, Composting, incineration of landfill.
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    This article talks about all the different wasys we can generate food waste from your house the prisons and schools. It also gives was we can do to stoop food waste.
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    This article talks about food waste being caused by two groups; large scale generators and small scale generators. It explains the two groups and explains what we can about the food waste.
Jorge Castillo

Green tips: Food - CNN - 0 views

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    Individuals need to be aware where the food they eat comes from. Eating organic food is one way to go. This article givers five important tips to reduce food waste.
michael campanaro

Food Waste | Organic Materials | US EPA - 0 views

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    Food waste is any substance raw or cooked food. Anything that is discarded and thrown away.
ashcam

Real organic agriculture: Using human waste as fertilizer - 0 views

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    A cheaper alternative for farmers is using human waste as fertilizer. This is something that has been done for centuries but in today's society is frowned upon.Urban dwellers wont go hungry with this fertilizer tactic, and there are benefits.
Arthur Parra

Why Massive Food Waste is Cause for Global Concern : TreeHugger - 0 views

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    This article is about an organization called, "The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. What they are trying to do is come up with ways to produce food with less resources to waste less food.
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    THis talks about how food waste affects the earth. 
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    This article talks about the harm we are doing to our environment. It states how the majority of our waste happens in stores.
Veronica Guzman

Food for Thought Video - Food Waste the Missing Link in Recycling - PR.com - 0 views

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    This article talks about how America is on board with recycling, but its priorities have mostly been cardboard and plastic. It talks about how we don't pay attention to one of the most important problems food waste. NATH Sustainability Solutions is an involved organization that works with schools and restaurants and they bring awareness to the people about food waste.
Anthony Avila

About us > Food waste and the environment - 0 views

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    this just gives a few fact on how much money people throw away with their food. as well as what percent of landfills is green organic.
Sarah Cogar

Wasting The Food That Feeds You - 0 views

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    Ideas and ways to organize food in your pantry and fridge, also encourage kids to eat the food before it goes bad.
Taylor Burkhart

Basic Information about Food Waste | Organic Materials | US EPA - 0 views

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    This talks about how much food is wasted. this page also has two graphs one what is wasted in america not only food but other materials.
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    These graphs show basic images to help give a descriptive idea of how much food waste is happening in America. They talk about the disposal of the food and how it becomes a danger to our world by the methane gases it produces. Recycling, of course, is always a benefit for our environment; however, we need to inform more people about this.
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    By generating food waste has significant economic as well as environmental consequences. Parts of your budget goes to buying food, but yet we waste it with out even thinking anything of it. If i was to give someone 20 dollars and then say throw it away they would look at me like i'm crazy. But this is what we are doing!
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    This article talks about how recycling food has environmental benefits. It also states how food waste has both economical and environmental consequences. 
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    In this website the text is about the amount of food being wasted in 2010; which then gives the results. It also states the harsh consequences of food waste and also benefits of food wasting.
Luis Gomez

U.S Environmental Protection Agency - 0 views

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    A good site that shows information provided by the American Government. Has different kind of information such as: what kinds of environmental wastes (including food), food organizations nearby ones community,laws and new regulations to improve waste management.
leonel lopez

Lettuce recycle: Putting food waste to work | content from American City and County - 0 views

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    In San Fransisco the backyard discomposing had been promoted for a few years but the population has increase and not a lot of people have backyards now. The city now provide people with three cans to dispose three different materials. One of the cans is for organics another for food waste =) and the last one for food-soiled paper.
Jami Halliday

http://www.epa.gov/region9/organics/ad/EBMUDFinalReport.pdf - 0 views

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    This article describes how anaerobic digestion works. It is an experiment testing how anaerobic digestion helps with our food waste issue.
Ruben Guillen

http://www.simplebites.net/10-tips-for-sustainable-eating/ - 0 views

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    This article talks about 10 facts about sustainability. How we need to grow our own food because now a days the food is being genetically modified and the government is subsiding with it. My favorite way of sustainability was to eat animal products because "organic" foods in marketplaces may be mono cropped.
Norma Sanchez

Farm Share - 0 views

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    This is a great website for everyone to see because it can help us see that there is people out there trying to make a change. Farm share is an organization that recovers food from being thrown out. They repack and send the food to shelters, churches, and other organizations that help the hungry.
gaelan76

The Issues, Learn about sustainable food, problems with factory farming - 0 views

  • Learning about sustainable food and the problems with factory farming can be daunting at first, but, with a little effort, you can quickly learn enough to make the safest and wisest food choices for you and your family. In this section, we introduce you to the major issues surrounding sustainable meat and factory farming. This is simply an overview; for those who want to learn more about the issues presented here, we've provided links to more detailed information and organizations who specialize in that particular topic
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    Learning about sustainable food and the problems with factory farming can be daunting at first, but, with a little effort, you can quickly learn enough to make the safest and wisest food choices for you and your family.
anonymous

Food Issues: Food & Sustainability | Cultures of Resistance - 1 views

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    In this website it talks about the effects of fossil fuels and pesticides. It also mentions what we can do to help our environment .
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    This is a pretty good article. It is sad how they mentioned that chemicals which were banned in the U.S. and Europe for being toxic are now starting to be used in developing countries. It is sad to know that there are companies out there worried more about their pockets of "one"(the company) rather then the health and lives of thousnds of people.
claudecollopylee

Sustainable foods summit - 0 views

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    The S. F. S. is a series of international summits that focuses on the leading issues such as sustainability and eco-labels, like Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified, etc.
dillyng

food donation - 0 views

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    more than 36 million americans in communities across the US are making difficult choices seniors who are forced to choose between buying food or buying medicine. instead of throwing away food we should donate it.
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    this article talks about ways we can donate food and where we can find food donation drop off's. it also states the laws of what we can or can not donate.
dillyng

food waste innovations - 0 views

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    this article talks about what we can do with some of the food waste in not only america but our home town. this talks about ho w we can transfter food waste into organic liquids.
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