Good evening BESTSers,

This is an older article but is still good to read.  The article 
goes into detail about the food we waste in this country.  It's 
alarming to think of all the energy, land, nutrients, and money 
that go into growing, transporting, processing, and cooking this 
food only to be trashed, which requires more energy and land for 
disposal.  Rather than treat this food waste as waste, we should 
think of it as a resource for energy production.   Because food 
waste will always exist, we must handle it in a sustainable way 
through anaerobic digestion for the production of biogas and 
nutrients.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/weekinreview/18martin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Have a good weekend,
Ryan