Our View: The food we throw away is hurting the planet
More than a third of all food produced is thrown away, and it produces greenhouse gases at an alarming rate.
By The Editorial Board
Here’s a project for Earth Day. Can you figure out how much food you throw away?
The town of Winslow can 400 to 800 pounds a year, all of which the town pays to have stuffed into a landfill, where it decomposes, releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Until now. This week Winslow began accepting food waste at a drop-off site at the town library; from there, it will go to Agri-Cycle in Exeter, where it will be turned into energy.
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Successful year for local gleaners group
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Central Maine Gleaners Group wants to thank the vendors at the Waterville Farmers’ Market who donated healthy produce at the conclusion of each week’s market. Gracious donors included The Apple Farm (Fairfield), Eagle View (Winslow), Good Bread (Brownfield), Heald Farm (Troy), Junction Garden (Vassalboro), Marr Pond (Sangerville), and Snakeroot (Pittsfield).
Gleaning, or food rescue, is defined by the Maine Gleaning Network as: “gathering of produce after or during an active harvest and donating the produce to humans rather than for compost or for animal feed. The produce gleaned could be used for direct distribution to those in need of emergency food or it could be processed at a soup kitchen.” Central Maine Gleaners Group volunteers gleaned produce at The Apple Farm (Fairfield), Bickford’s (Fairfield), Johnny’s (Benton), Karen’s Cabin (Hartland), North St. Community Garden (Waterville), Pine Acres Farm (Skowhe