One Man’s Trash….

 

TRASH DONKEY BY KRISTINA JUG

While people love to talk about the importance of where our food comes from, where our food goes seems to have been somewhat ignored.  The New York Times did an article on America’s self-indulgent relationship with food.  It will probably blow your mind, befuddle, and enrage you all at once to know the amount of food that Americans throw out in a single year.  Oh, I’ll just tell you – 27% of all food available for consumption ends up as waste.  And before you scream that there are starving people in Africa who would gladly take that food, hold up, the news gets worse.  Due to lack of technology and infrastructure, some parts of Africa see 25% and more of their usable crops go to waste before they even have a chance to be eaten.  It’s a great article.  Depressing, but great.  Read it.  

However, there’s always a silver lining, and that silver lining is Jonathan Bloom.  He has decided to devote his attention to the topic at wastedfood.  Described as part blog and part call to action, his website came about in 2005 after volunteering at D.C Central Kitchen.  There’s a wonderful section with tips on how to reduce one’s waste and, in turn, consumption.

Actually, forget trash being the depressing topic.  Who cares.  Check out the hooves on that donkey.