What do avocado skins and seeds, onion skins, and beet trimmings have in common – besides being candidates for the compost pile? These scraps can all be used in plant-based dyes, and using them not only reduces food waste, it reminds us of what’s possible when we practice creative reuse and extend sustainable practices from the kitchen out into the other parts of our lives.
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A Closer Look at How Food Hubs Build Capacity for Local Food Systems
In this follow-up to last week’s post, we share the stories of three food hubs that demonstrate just how critical this model can be for matching supply with demand.
A Simple Solution to Curb Food Waste
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At Bon Appétit Management Company, food waste is our foe. The 40% of food that goes unsold or uneaten in the United States is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s more than that.
Food Hubs: Redefining How Institutions Feed Students and Strengthen Regional Food Systems
On the rise across the country since the mid-2000’s, food hubs are one solution to common barriers to getting local food into restaurants and difficult-to-access institutional markets. With a keen focus on selling to anchor institutions (long-term fixtures in communities, such as universities, hospitals, and school systems, that play vital roles in the local economy), food hubs coordinate the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of locally and regionally produced foods from a network of responsible producers.
“Blessing of the Garden” Roasted Vegetables
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This simple roasted vegetable recipe was created by Essence Sage Oyos of Golden Eagle Farm.
Meet Golden Eagle Farm
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For Native American Heritage Month, Bon Appétit is partnering with Golden Eagle Farm, owned and operated by the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians. Golden Eagle is an ambitious endeavor balancing traditional Indigenous farming methods and new revenue generators such as agri-tourism.
Two guys, a van, and a cooler full of North Carolina fish: The story of Locals Seafood
Sheepshead. Ribbonfish. Wahoo. Tilefish. When Locals Seafood co-founder and North Carolina native Ryan Speckman was living on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the late 2000’s, he and his friends feasted on these native seafood species regularly. He wondered why, when he was growing up in the inland part of the state, he’d never encountered fish from the Carolina coast before – and most residents hadn’t either.
Spilling the Tea (On Tea)
Sip, sip hooray! Tea is the most popular drink in the world, after water, with 5.8 million metric tons consumed each year. But did you know that all true teas — from black to white to green — are actually made from the same plant?
Women in the Seafood Industry: A Need for Sea Change
This National Seafood Month at Bon Appétit, we are focusing on “Women in Seafood” by diving deep into the multifaceted roles of women in the seafood sector, examining the challenges they face, and surfacing the work of women who bring seafood to tables across the world.
10 Ways Bon Appétit is Leading Seafood Sustainability in the Food Service Industry
At Bon Appétit, we care deeply about the health of our world’s oceans. We’re industry leaders in crafting sustainable seafood purchasing policies and we’ve been addressing this issue for over 20 years. Here are 10 ways we’re leading the industry toward a sea change in our oceans.