site.openhandstore.org Blog

Green Solutions: Low-Tech Edition

July 2, 2009 on 11:17 am | In Main Category | No Comments

Wasted food is just about the saddest thing we come across in the food industry. At best, this waste finds its way to the compost bin, at worst, it goes out in the garbage. One restauranteur in Utah seems to have hit upon a better solution:

Sean Wharton, owner of The Gateway Grill in Kamas, has an interesting way of dealing with food waste: He gives excess food his customers didn’t pig out on to his pigs.

“I think it’s my effort to give back to society and be more of a producer than a consumer,” Wharton said.

We applaud Sean Wharton for his creative thinking and we welcome the opportunity to post a cute piggie picture:

 

AWWWW!!!

Posted By: Dan