This restaurant is Reducing Food Waste with ‘Trash Pie’
September 16, 2024 | 1 min to read
At Shuggie’s Trash Pie and Natural Wine in San Francisco, the concept of a “climate-solutions restaurant” takes root as it embraces the use of bruised fruits and spent oat flour to combat the global crisis of food waste. With around 30-40% of food produced ending up discarded, the restaurant addresses the significant carbon footprint linked to food waste, which contributes to climate change through methane emissions.
Ever have a craving for bruised fruit and wilted greens salad or pizza with a crust made from spent oat flour from the oat milk-making process? Shuggie’s Trash Pie and Natural Wine describes itself as a “climate-solutions restaurant” in San Francisco — and they’re hoping you have these desires. Or at least, that you’re willing to give them a try.
Shuggie’s is one of a growing number of eateries trying to address the massive global problem of food waste.
Everything involved in making food – from clearing land and raising cattle to packing and cooking ingredients – contributes to one-third of the world’s planet-warming pollution. On top of that, roughly 30-40% of all food produced globally gets thrown out — which is a huge problem when it comes to human-caused climate change. When food waste decomposes, it generates methane, which is a potent planet-warming pollutant.
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