We Need Free Trees and Full Circle
A fabulous app, less expensive food, Valentine's caviar.
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Our good friend Virginia shared a really fabulous new app called Too Good to Go.
As in ... too good to go to waste.
The app is for householders and industry businesses who want to reduce food waste and grocery bills.
"40% of the food that we produce globally goes to waste," the website says. "This means that 2.5 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year. This equates to 80,000 kilograms of food being wasted around the world, every single second."
Locally, we can't really write this without nudging more people towards our friends at NewTerra Compost.
Unless you're composting, farm-to-table ends up in the landfill.
"It's linear," Michael Ryan told us when we visited in 2024.
We need full circle.
Composting makes the farm-to-table-back-to-farm process circular, avoiding the landfill and dump.
Increasing landfill costs, decreasing topsoils, increasing municipal waste costs — NewTerra offers multiple solutions for modern problems.
Their composting is available for homes, businesses, kitchens and cities.
"We could divert it all," Michael said.
Too Good To Go also helps.
The app partners with local restaurants that announce discounted food that's nearing its expiration date. Instead of being tossed out, it's spotlighted on the app at a reduced cost.
Brothers Bagel participates, which is reason enough to download the app.
Whole Foods also does. And Circle K.
Virginia bought three big packs of Whole Foods salmon for $10. Another $12 got her three containers of avocado sperad, fresh flowers, a box of lettuce and packs of noodles and more.
"It's incredible," she said.
Also incredible:
We ordered a baker's dozen of native trees from the Tennessee Tree Day project.
The 12th annual event offers an abundance of native trees: persimmons, white pines, oaks, elderberries, pecans and more, all for sale at a low cost. Pickup's in Red Bank in late March.
For more info, visit here.
Also incredible:
On Valentine's Day, visit Easy Bistro, Main Street Meats or Little Coyote for a special menu.
Easy will offer a chef's tasting menu, with special caviar and steaks. MSM will have special steaks for in-house or take-out.
Finally, NewsChannel 9 reported that "Miss G" has been detained and sent to Mexico.
"Guillermina Solano-Chala, known to many customers as 'Miss G,' was arrested January 23 in Walker County, according to the Sheriff's Office there," reported Jakai Spikes.
The story continues:
"A spokeswoman for the Walker County Sheriff's Office tells our newsroom Solano Chala was released to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the same day. A family member says she has already been sent back to Mexico.
"Solano-Chala owns Miss G’s Tortas and Tamales, located on English Avenue just off Rossville Boulevard. The restaurant has been a fixture in the area for years and is well known among regular customers," Spikes reported.
Family members told News Channel 9 the restaurant will remain open.
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Main Street Meats
Our good friend Virginia shared a really fabulous new app called Too Good to Go.
As in ... too good to go to waste.
The app is for householders and industry businesses who want to reduce food waste and grocery bills.
"40% of the food that we produce globally goes to waste," the website says. "This means that 2.5 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year. This equates to 80,000 kilograms of food being wasted around the world, every single second."
Locally, we can't really write this without nudging more people towards our friends at NewTerra Compost.
Unless you're composting, farm-to-table ends up in the landfill.
"It's linear," Michael Ryan told us when we visited in 2024.
We need full circle.
Composting makes the farm-to-table-back-to-farm process circular, avoiding the landfill and dump.
Increasing landfill costs, decreasing topsoils, increasing municipal waste costs — NewTerra offers multiple solutions for modern problems.
Their composting is available for homes, businesses, kitchens and cities.
"We could divert it all," Michael said.
Too Good To Go also helps.
The app partners with local restaurants that announce discounted food that's nearing its expiration date. Instead of being tossed out, it's spotlighted on the app at a reduced cost.
Brothers Bagel participates, which is reason enough to download the app.
Whole Foods also does. And Circle K.
Virginia bought three big packs of Whole Foods salmon for $10. Another $12 got her three containers of avocado sperad, fresh flowers, a box of lettuce and packs of noodles and more.
"It's incredible," she said.
Also incredible:
We ordered a baker's dozen of native trees from the Tennessee Tree Day project.
The 12th annual event offers an abundance of native trees: persimmons, white pines, oaks, elderberries, pecans and more, all for sale at a low cost. Pickup's in Red Bank in late March.
For more info, visit here.
Also incredible:
On Valentine's Day, visit Easy Bistro, Main Street Meats or Little Coyote for a special menu.
Easy will offer a chef's tasting menu, with special caviar and steaks. MSM will have special steaks for in-house or take-out.
Finally, NewsChannel 9 reported that "Miss G" has been detained and sent to Mexico.
"Guillermina Solano-Chala, known to many customers as 'Miss G,' was arrested January 23 in Walker County, according to the Sheriff's Office there," reported Jakai Spikes.
The story continues:
"A spokeswoman for the Walker County Sheriff's Office tells our newsroom Solano Chala was released to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the same day. A family member says she has already been sent back to Mexico.
"Solano-Chala owns Miss G’s Tortas and Tamales, located on English Avenue just off Rossville Boulevard. The restaurant has been a fixture in the area for years and is well known among regular customers," Spikes reported.
Family members told News Channel 9 the restaurant will remain open.
Story ideas, questions, feedback? Interested in partnering with us? Email: david@foodasaverb.com
This story is 100% human generated; no AI chatbot was used in the creation of this content.
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
Food as a Verb Thanks our sustaining partner:
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
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