iEat Green Shares Tips on Using all of the Vegetable; Edible Weeds are Everywhere; Bhavani Interviews Jonathan Cetnarski, The New CEO From the Natural Gourmet Institute

Posted on August 1, 2016

Hi All, We’ve been writing a lot lately about food waste, and the issue is finally getting the attention is deserves. As a chef and as a person who grows most of her own food in season, I was challenged … Read More

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My Interview with Tristram Stuart, Founder of Feedback and Feeding the 5000!

Posted on July 14, 2016

Hi All, This morning I had the pleasure of interviewing Tristram Stuart, a man who has brought change in how we view and deal with “food waste.” He first discovered that we had a food waste problem as a teenager, … Read More

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In the News: Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill; Man Feeds Himself For Free All Year; Congress Passes the Global Food Security Act

Posted on July 12, 2016

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Senate Passes the Dreaded GMO Labeling Bill The Senate has passed a GMO labeling bill that would allow food companies to print a QR scan code, phone number, or website that consumers can scan/call/look up to find GMO ingredient information, … Read More

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In the News: FDA Announces New Food Label; Floating Food Forest to Set Sail in NY This Summer; Celebrity Chefs to Press Congress on Food Waste

Posted on May 31, 2016

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FDA Announces a New Food Label The FDA announced an updated food label on Friday, with more realistic serving sizes, and sections distinguishing added sugar from natural sugar. The new labels will be implemented by July 2018, which seems like … Read More

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In the News: Hawaii Using Food Waste for Sustainable Biofuel; PepsiCo Quietly Adds GMO Labels to Some Products; GMO Labeling Fight is Moved to Vermont

Posted on May 16, 2016

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Hawaii Using Food Waste for Sustainable Biofuel Pacific Biodiesel, a biofuel company in Hawaii, is turning used cooking oils and food waste like papayas and macadamia nuts to run the first certified sustainable biofuel plant in the United States. The … Read More

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iEat Green Joins “Feeding the 5000”; Job Opportunity; Simran Sethi, Author of “Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love” Will Join Bhavani on PRN!

Posted on May 10, 2016

Hi Everybody, Yesterday was Feedback NYC’s flagship event of a global food waste campaign called Feeding the 5000. The lead up to the event started with a Disco Chop Party on Sunday night, where people gathered to chop all of the … Read More

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In the News: Fermenting Organic Waste to Reduce NYC’s Trash Problem; Chickpeas Prove to be an Awesome Vegan Substitute, Again; Ugly Produce May Be Better For You

Posted on May 9, 2016

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Fermenting Organic Waste to Reduce NYC’s Trash Problem A start up called Industrial/Organic is working to reduce New York City’s food waste output. The city generates over a million tons of food waste every year, but a large-scale composting facility … Read More

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In the News: Study Finds Your Body Fights to Add Weight After Weight Loss; Students in Hawaii Recover Food and Donate to the Homeless; The Vegan Burger For Meat Eaters

Posted on May 2, 2016

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Study Finds Your Body Fights to Add Weight After Weight Loss The world is facing an obesity epidemic, and many people who diet and gain back weight blame themselves for lack of self-control or not exercising enough. A new study … Read More

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