http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1-alpha http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1085 tao Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:05:14 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1085 And, as I've posted on previously, worms can do the work in an indoor or outdoor compost. Most importantly, however, we need to restore the notion that food is valuable and necessary and not worthy of being "trashed". Thanks for your enthusiastic comments. Tao And, as I’ve posted on previously, worms can do the work in an indoor or outdoor compost. Most importantly, however, we need to restore the notion that food is valuable and necessary and not worthy of being “trashed”.
Thanks for your enthusiastic comments. Tao

]]> http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1080 j Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:32:59 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1080 There's the other end of the equation too. Soil degradation has been called by some soil scientists a problem as big as climate change. What are we doing throwing out nutrients? It's sinful (pretty sure the <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=vatican-lists-new-sins-in" rel="nofollow">Vatican would agree</a> at this point.) -- There’s the other end of the equation too. Soil degradation has been called by some soil scientists a problem as big as climate change. What are we doing throwing out nutrients? It’s sinful (pretty sure the Vatican would agree at this point.) –

]]> http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1074 Sami Grover Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:40:52 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/2008/03/07/the-clean-plate-club/#comment-1074 And don't forget chickens! We've discovered they are a great way to get rid of food that's past its best, or if, despite your best efforts, you can't finish everything on your plate. Rice, soggy breakfast cereals, stale bread, mouldy tomatoes, egg shells and all manner of waste food can be recycled into chicken feed and, eventually, yummy eggs before you start the cycle all over again. And don’t forget chickens! We’ve discovered they are a great way to get rid of food that’s past its best, or if, despite your best efforts, you can’t finish everything on your plate. Rice, soggy breakfast cereals, stale bread, mouldy tomatoes, egg shells and all manner of waste food can be recycled into chicken feed and, eventually, yummy eggs before you start the cycle all over again.

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