Throwin' lots of food around

[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.

[GLC1968]

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.

I actually asked at all of our local grocery stores if we could have the spoiled/leftover produce for our goats durring the winter, but they all refused. Liability reasons. Such a waste!

[badger]

When I was visiting a friend of mine in York, England, she took me out to a nice Indian restaurant. We ordered a bit too much, so I purposely didn't touch one of the dishes. I told them they should take it home, and they looked at me odd; they don't do take-home. Such a shame! I was telling my mother this, and she said in Japan they don't do it either, and it's because of liability.

You'd think it wouldn't be so liable with goats - you should offer to sign a waiver!!