Go Big or Go Responsible?
I am continually amazed at the power of everyday observations around food (and specifically food waste) in our developed world culture, the messages behind those observations, and the behaviors that […]
Category Archives: Organizational Culture and Change
Valuing Our Food – Words Matter
Thanksgiving. A time where we give thanks for the food on the table and the bounty of the harvest. A specific day on which we celebrate the value of food. […]
Reduce Waste, Recover Food
Save food for people. A seemingly simple and obvious statement, yet very powerful, nonetheless — and one at the heart of last month’s conference on food waste reduction in Cambridge, […]
Dynamic(s) Action on Food Waste
True to form, 2016’s version of the Global Pennovation class provided numerous meaningful takeaways for all participants — myself included. In this class, we always take a deep dive into a major […]
Food Waste: Carrier Advances Global Dialog
A few weeks ago I published an initial post (Improve the Cold Chain, Reduce Food Waste) on Carrier’s World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste held in Singapore in […]
Change at Changeover Time
Last week, while headed to a conference on food security in China, I experienced one of those moments that are so powerful to those of us involved in reducing food […]
Panera: Ingredients for Success
On a recent business trip, I stopped by a Panera Bread location in New England on a weeknight just a few minutes before closing. I had a minor concern that […]
Linking food waste, hunger and obesity
Great work by Maria Elena Hallion at Cabrini College in organizing an impactful one-day symposium last month on the convergence of childhood hunger and obesity. I was pleased to participate […]
Playing Up, Not Down
A few months ago I was struck by a Wall Street Journal article by Amy Westervelt entitled “We’re Green (but Let’s Not Say That Too Loud).” Westervelt noted that the national […]
Sit. Take. Eat. Pay?
While departing from London last November, I was struck by a sushi restaurant in Heathrow prominently featuring the phrase “Sit. Take. Eat. Pay.” This tagline struck me as a little […]
