May 23: Zero Food Waste Culinary Showdown

Posted on May 21, 2019

Here’s a disgusting stat: New York throws out over a million tons of food waste annually, and over 650,000 tons of that comes from restaurants. “Who cares?” you may think. “Doesn’t it decompose?” Yes and no. “As it’s decomposing in the … Read More

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iEat Green Shares Interview with Eric Holt-Giménez, Talking About His New Book, “Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?”

Posted on March 25, 2019

Eric Holt-Giménez, is the Executive Director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) and author of a new book called, Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It? During our conversation, we discussed how our current food … Read More

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Fun Ways to Reduce Food Waste This Year! Tell Congress To Stop Dangerous Off Shore Drilling; Tell the EPA to Oppose Trump’s Dirty Water Plan

Posted on January 2, 2019

Want to Make a Difference this New Year? Here are a few ways to Take Action!: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reduce Food Waste At Home in the New Year 40 % of all food in the USA gets wasted! This is an issue … Read More

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National Grocery Store Announces Line of “Ugly Produce” To Combat Food Waste; How to Eat to Combat Climate Change; NYC Bans Styrofoam Containers For Good!

Posted on November 6, 2018

Kroger Launches “Ugly Produce” Program to Combat Food Waste Food waste is definitely getting it’s moment in the sun right now, as citizens, governments, and companies are realizing how important it is for our future to reduce food waste, and … Read More

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iEat Green Hopes To See You at The LI Food Conference on November 3rd!! Help Us Collect Coats for the Needy! Sign Up to Volunteer to Cook for Our Thanksgiving Feast! Mary Mattingly, Artist and Environmentalist, Joins Bhavani on PRN to Talk About Her Floating Food Forest, “SWALE”

Posted on October 23, 2018

Hi Everyone, The Long Island Food Conference is Next Saturday, November 3rd at LIU-Post! There is a Pre-Conference Documentary Screening of “What the Health” on Friday Evening, November 2nd. The Long Island Food Conference is around the corner! There will … Read More

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Make a Change in Your Diet & Join in Slow Food’s – “Food for Change Week”; Stop the Trump Administration from Changing the Clean Car Act!; Stop the Secretary Of Interior from Opening Wildlife Refuge Land to Oil Pipelines; Stop the Creation of a New Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota!

Posted on October 16, 2018

Make a Change by Joining Slow Food’s Food for Change Campaign this week! October is Slow Food International’s Food For Change Campaign, and this week. October 16th – 22nd is their “Food for Change” Week! Slow Food is looking to … Read More

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An App to Help Curb Food Waste!; Immigrants Using Federal Food Programs May Be Denied Green Cards; Glyphosate Could be Killing Honey Bee’s; Landmark UN Report Urges the World to Make a Change Now to Fight Climate Change;

Posted on October 9, 2018

Brooklyn-based App Seeks to Help Create A Solution For Food Waste in Retail Food Spaces 1.3 Billion tons of food is wasted each year. Though household food waste is a problem, restaurant and retail market’s waste makes up a larger … Read More

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What Sparked the Recent E-Coli Outbreak?; Food Gleaning is Helping Fight Food Waste; Immigrants Dropping Out of Federal Nutrition Programs Because of Fear; Fish Sold as Local, Found to be Labeled Wrong

Posted on September 10, 2018

Finding the origin of the Recent E-Coli Outbreak in Lettuce Food borne illnesses have been on the rise in recent years and, even though NPR explains that it isn’t necessarily a reason to freak out just yet, finding the cause … Read More

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