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In this country, we waste 20 million pounds of produce and I don't think that's right. So I started this produce delivery service about three and a half years ago, where we deliver produce and for every box we deliver to a customer, we also help somebody in need to eat healthy. [The company donates food to a local organization. In South Florida’s case it's Lotus House, a homeless shelter for women and children.]So is this produce that's just never picked or is it left on the ground of the fields? I mean how are you getting this stuff?We primarily get it directly from farmers. There are a few different variables that go into why we waste so much food in this country, one of which is aesthetic imperfections. We have grapefruits that have scarring on the outside. You open it up and it's perfectly beautiful. We've had broccoli that have had stems that are too long of they were cut to the wrong size. They were going to go to waste on a farm, so we picked them up and bought them and distributed them to our customers as well. I don't think that we should rule our society based on aesthetic imperfection and certainly not waste 20 billion pounds of produce based on what it looks like on the outside.How did you get involved with this business?It actually started as a school project. I got approached by a farmer who had a surplus of too much harvest that he couldn't sell. He approached me about selling it to college students for five bucks for five panels. I said yes. First week, we had 10 students come up and buy from me; next week it was 20. By the end of the semester, six months later, we had 500 customers coming up and buying from us every single week. At that point, I turned it into a home delivery service called Hungry Harvest. That was about three and a half years ago.So Hungry Harvest is up and running in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Why was South Florida the next place you chose to expand to?There are so many farmers down in South Florida that really need help moving a lot of their product. We already had relationships with a lot of farmers, so the move was pretty natural from a supply perspective. And then we looked at also the demo... (WLRN)
Must be collected & shipped from New England (MA, NH, VT, ME, RI & CT)Must be shipped in a sealed plastic bagMust be red, yellow or orange (or a combination)No brown leaves (anywhere) are accepted, even the smallest parts with brown will be rejectedAlso from the company, this is the process for sending leaves:Collect and sort through 25 leaves from your yard or property. Try and keep the stems intact.Take pictures of your best 5 leavesEmail your pictures to Cash4Leaves@gmail.comA member of our staff will reply to your email approving / denying your bid. Expected wait is ~12hrsIf it's a deal, we'll prepare the purchase agreement and buy 100 Maple LeavesPayment: 50% upfront, 50% upon completionShipping: You are responsible for packaging each leaf into an airtight and sealed bag (you can buy these at bed bath & beyond for like $15)Receive & Inspection: We reserve the right to return any Maple leaves that have been damaged in transit, or have dried out (color or size)... (Turn to 10)
Huntington Beach who are each decorating a dumpster that will sit in the downtown area in Huntington Beach. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Kim Kramer, left, and Barbara Haynes, co-founders of the Huntington Beach Public Art Alliance, with four painted dumpsters that will sit in the downtown area in Huntington Beach. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)A dumpster titled, "Tiki,"painted by artist Fred Gonzales in Huntington Beach, California, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. The bin is among 30 that will be placed around downtown. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)A dumpster titled, "Pier Pressure," painted by artist Gini Billes in Huntington Beach, California, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. The bin is among 30 that will be placed around downtown. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)A dumpster titled, "Garbage Ghouls," painted by artist Airyn Simpson in Huntington Beach, California, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. The bin is among 30 that will be placed around downtown. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)A dumpster titled "Smile! We Live in Paradise," painted by artist Jules Baker in Huntington Beach, California, on Wednesday, August 23, 201... (OCRegister)
Perris.Carroll said the sanitary district was the first agency in Orange County to commit to that facility and, as a result, negotiated a clause in its contract to guarantee it would receive the lowest anaerobic digestion fee in the county.Should CR&R negotiate a lower rate elsewhere, the sanitary district would receive the cheaper fee, the contract states.Currently, the sanitary district is charged $71.50 a ton for organics. However, Carroll said CR&R appears to be providing the program in Stanton at no additional cost to that city’s residents.“We believe Stanton is getting their organics recycling program at no cost,” Carroll said Thursday. “Are we entitled to that as well?”Dean Ruffridge, a senior vice president with CR&R, told the sanitary district board that’s not the case.“Nothing is for free in this world — we all know that,” he said. “We never negotiated a lower rate with Stanton for the conversion technology.”According to board documents, CR&R has told the district the charge associated with the program in Stanton is $87.50 a ton.However, Carroll said the sanitary district has not been able to confirm that. In an email Friday, Ruffridge declined to elaborate on the issue.Carroll said he offered to accept a rate of $55.50 a ton for three years, which could save the district more than $450,000 over that time.CR&R rebuffed that idea, he said.Board members said Thursday that they would like more time to study the issue.“We’ve been telling people all along that we were getting a favored rate, and I, for one, would like them to cooperate with that and stand by what they said they’d do,” board Vice President Jim Ferryman said of CR&R. “I’m not sure they’re getting there from wh... (Los Angeles Times)
For questions about the paddle out, please contact Viviana Cruz at vicechair@lbsurfrider.org. Up and down the coastAll over Orange and Los Angeles counties, more than 100 clean-up sites will sprout up Saturday — ranging from underwater scuba clean-ups in Dana Point and Redondo Beach harbors, to big beach bashes expected to draw hundreds of people.The debris problem goes beyond the sand.“A lot of people inland think throwing away their trash, or accidentally littering, isn’t a big deal,” said Lauren Smith, volunteer coordinator for Orange County Coastkeeper. “But it, one way or another, gets to the ocean. It’s a great way for people to come together to not only get rid of the trash, but to educate people on how it impacts our environment.”One of the “mega” sites will be at Magnolia Street at Huntington State Beach, where there will be a “Trash Free Jamboree” party following the clean-up, with 600 to 800 people expected to attend. There will be educational booths, raffles, environmental art and food trucks. A similar party will be held at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.Wetlands, which often are catch areas for trash making its way downstream, will get a much-needed cleaning as well.Smith said California accounts for 10 percent to 15 percent of the worldwide tally of trash picked up during the one-day event. This year has been especially filthy along the coast after strong winter storms.But during the summer months, especially toward the end, he said, “it’s more about cleaning up the trash left by beachgoers.” According to the California Coastal Commission, residents and tourists make more than 150 million visits to California beaches each year.The effort to keep shorelines clear of marine debris comes at a cost: 90 West Coast communities spend a total of more than $520 million each year to combat litter, according to a 2012 study.And it’s not just economic impacts. One of the biggest problems with litter is the impact on the environment. Birds, fish and mammals can mistake plastic for food, and an estimated 245 species have been found to have ingested marine debris, according to the Coastal Commission.“Debris may cause choking and injuries, and with plastic filling their stomachs, animals may have a false feeling of being full and may die of starvation. Sea turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, one of their favorite foods,” according to the commission’s website.Schwartz, the commission’s marine debris program manager, said he’s interested to see what volunteers find this year with all the water that flushed debris down creeks and riverbeds.“I have a feeling we’re going to encounter a lot more trash than we typically would,” he said.Volunteers document the debris they find as a way to educate.“This is our one chance each year to not only clean our beaches, but take a snapshot of what is littering our state,” Schwartz said. “We need everyone’s help — our real one opportunity to make significant changes, not only in the state of our beaches, but policies and educational effort. We have to stop trash from reaching our beaches in the first place.”Despite efforts to curb cigarette butts, they still make up 37 percent to 40 percent of the trash collected. “It’s a very significant problem,” Schwartz said. “They are incredibly toxic to our environment. It’s made of plastic, the same as our sunglasses are made of, it never biodegrades and it leaches toxins into the environment that can kill fish or make our children who ingest them sick.”Recent plastic bag laws, however, have had a big impact. “That’s been a real success story in the state,” he said. In 2008, volunteers picked up 52,544 plastic bags. In 2015, with about the same number of volunteers, there were 23,441 collected, he said.“That’s because so many cities had put bans in place,” he said. “I’ll be very curious to see what the numbers look like moving forward. That’s one of... (Long Beach Press Telegram)
