Pork... The other white meat..
Back in the 1980's my first career was cooking.. I was a chef for 6 years... In my restaurants, I cut deals with local pig farmers to trade all my food waste for pork. I kept 50 gallon drums outside. Inside I had multiple trash cans. Food waste went into the food waste buckets and trash (plastic, metal, twist ties, etc) went into the trash only cans.Once the food waste cans were full, we took them outside and dumped them into the 50 gallon drums and kept a tight lid on them. Trash went into the dumpster. Twice a week, the farmer came out with a truck with a lift gate and took away the full 50 gallon drums and brought back empties for me to clean and refill.
I saved on my trash bill, I got some pork out of the deal, and I felt good about doing my part in helping the planet. The pig farmer got a lot of food in trade for some pork and he had me as a customer buying the pork I needed that was not included in the barter. It was a win/win for everyone.
I plan on owning a few restaurants as part of my retirement plan. And you can bet that I will be bartering my food waste for pork. There is no reason the entire world shouldn't be doing this.
