- April 9, 2014
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Portland targets 30 percent reduction of garbage with food composting program – Wed, 31 Aug 2011 PST
Portland’s City Council has approved a new program that integrates food scraps into solid waste pickup, with the hope of diverting up to 30 percent of residential garbage away from landfills. DownToEarthNW.com: DTE News stories Read more
Fun with USDA Food Atlas: Mapping Food Deserts, Food Insecurity, Local Food Access, and More
- April 1, 2014
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The Food Desert mapping tool at the USDA has received a lot of attention lately, but I'm more impressed with the USDA Food Atlas that offers a whole variety of ways to map America's food landscape. Here are some screen grabs of my Read more
Top food trends to look for in 2012
- March 21, 2014
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The James Beard Foundation has up a list of trends for the coming year from a chef's perspective. They include: New Nordic Pantry Chefs are hopping on the Noma-inspired New-Nordic-Cuisine train and are reaching for these ingredients: sea buckthorn (a tart Read more