Every time you peel a potato, or most other vegetables, you’re choosing to throw away most of that fiber and other nutrients in favor of aesthetics. Seems silly, right? Let’s learn to love our peels.
![](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/asparagus-is2248317Large_2840.jpg)
Blog: Food waste
+ Blog Categories
![Wasted! Film Screenings Allow Bon Appétit Teams to Showcase Food Waste](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wasted_stmarys_1341-350x256.jpg)
Wasted! Film Screenings Allow Bon Appétit Teams to Showcase Food Waste
- Blog
In an effort to raise awareness about food waste, Fellows worked with various Bon Appétit accounts to show screenings of a documentary called “Wasted!” and serve up fun zero waste food items.
![Whitman Glean Team Students Fight Food Waste on Farms](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/whitman_gleaning_groupwith-apples140-350x256.png)
Whitman Glean Team Students Fight Food Waste on Farms
- Blog
At Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, a group of students in the Whitman Glean Team are doing their part to get uneaten food out of the field and into the hands of people who need it.
![University of Portland GM Transforms Scraps for Chic Meal in a Dumpster](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/uportland_SalvageSupperClub_overhead-shot-of-dishes._1200pxjpg-350x256.jpg)
University of Portland GM Transforms Scraps for Chic Meal in a Dumpster
- Blog
General Manager Kirk Mustain at the University of Portland in Portland, OR, successfully rose to the challenge of creating elegance from remnants at the request of an organization called Salvage Supperclub
![Venti Volunteerism From Starbuck’s SODO Kitchen](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/starbucks_volunteering_group-photo-350x256.jpeg)
Venti Volunteerism From Starbuck’s SODO Kitchen
- Blog
Bon Appétiters at SODO Kitchen at Starbucks in Seattle completed a day of volunteering for Food Lifeline, whose mission is to rescue surplus food from area farmers, producers, stores, and restaurants and distribute it to food banks, shelters, and meal programs throughout western Washington
![It All Comes Down to Respect](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/willamette_whole-hog_in-packaging-350x256.jpg)
It All Comes Down to Respect
- Blog
What’s the best thing about working for Bon Appétit? Willamette University Executive Chef André Uribe has been asked that question a million times
![sap_waste management_in the kitchen_1200px_cropped](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sap_waste-management_in-the-kitchen_1200px_cropped-350x256.jpg)
SAP Reduces Waste by 27 Percent
- Blog
SAP participated in Bon Appétit’s Waste Awareness Campaign, an annual month-long educational and awareness-raising initiative with a three-part goal
![University of San Francisco’s Food Recovery Network Chapter Feeds Community Four Times a Week](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/usf_students_food_0155_1200px-350x256.jpg)
University of San Francisco’s Food Recovery Network Chapter Feeds Community Four Times a Week
- Blog
The Food Recovery Network volunteers at University of San Francisco take their commitment to fighting food waste one step further — recovering food AND preparing and serving it at pop-up community dinners several days a week!
![Adobe Goes Meatless Companywide and Offers Multiple Media-Savvy Demos](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/earthday_adobe_foropener_women_charlottefiorito_042017-350x256.jpg)
Adobe Goes Meatless Companywide and Offers Multiple Media-Savvy Demos
- Blog
In celebration of Earth Day, the cafés at Adobe’s four North American sites highlighted a dual focus on reducing food waste and cutting food-related carbon emissions by serving all meatless specials for one day.
![Cambia Gets Snap Happy During Its Scrap-Forward Feast](https://www.bamco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/earthday_cambia_IDP_team-1200px-350x256.jpg)
Cambia Gets Snap Happy During Its Scrap-Forward Feast
- Blog
Things recently got ugly at Cambia Health Solutions in Portland, OR…with an IDP photo booth and homely produce taste-test in honor of Earth Day!