Throwin' lots of food around

[shootingstar]

Ever since I've known my dearie, he's always been bothered by contests/gimmick events where tons of tomatoes, etc. are thrown around. Or eating contests where people consume huge amounts of 1 food.

For someone who used to be a part-time farmer, it bothers him. I never thought much about it until I knew him. And realized throwing food around, uneaten, is a waste of effort, time to grow the ingredient(s), prepare food, etc.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I am grossed out by any 'fun' event where food is thrown, wasted, hot dog eating contests, etc. As long as there are children starving all over the world, it just seems wrong to me.
I'm also dismayed by the amounts of food wasted on a daily basis in restaurants...obscene amounts of leftover food going right into the landfills. At our local cafe, all food left on the plates goes to a local family who feed it to their pigs. Lucky pigs!- eating quesadillas, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, caesar salad.... And a friend of mine goes every other day to the same restaurant and picks up all the used coffee grounds, composting them for his veggie garden.

[OakLeaf]

When I was a teenager I used to throw eggs (at non-sensitive objects, like trees, just to break them) to release anger.

The scolding I got from a friend of mine stuck with me.

[PamNY]

I've often wondered what could be done about all kinds of things that are wasted. I've seen loads of perfectly usable office furniture dumped into compactor trucks as part of interior demolition. It's easy to say "that's bad" but is salvage economically feasible?

[OakLeaf]

"Economic feasibility" depends on real-cost accounting, and I see no sign that most individuals, governments or organizations will ever adopt that method...

[GLC1968]

I feel bad when I accidentally drop an egg walking back from the coop, I could never consciously waste food!

Hell, I don't even like thining carrots...it seems so wasteful!

[badger]

Hell, I don't even like thining carrots...it seems so wasteful!

ha, I was doing and thinking the same thing yesterday! I hate seeing the little carrots that are forming and was wondering if I can somehow use it (a sliver pretty much the size of a pin!!)

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I was temporarily acting in a position where the desk overlooked the loading bay area of wholesale produce warehouse. I would watch them throw out what looked like perfectly good tomatoes, watermelon, corn, lettuce, and other things that was deemed unsellable. I couldn't bring up the courage to rummage through the bin, but it would've been great if that could be donated to pig farms or something similar who could use them.

I know if you ask, Starbucks will give you their used grounds.