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The American food industry discards 150 million pounds of food every day — the equivalent of 523 Titanics per year. This class will review the causes of food waste and ways to reduce it, debunking myths along the way. (For example, is the food you are throwing out actually bad?) In addition, you’ll learn how to co-opt this system of entitlement to help feed the world and save the environment, and how to limit your participation in systems of economic…

Join an English language discussion about dumpster diving and food waste in the USA with filmmaker William Reid.

The American food industry discards 150 million pounds of food every day - the equivalent of 523 Titanics per year. This class will review the causes of food waste and ways to reduce it, debunking myths along the way. For example, is the food you are throwing out actually bad? In addition, you’ll learn about the environmental damage caused by food waste, and various efforts to co-opt the current agricultural system to help feed local communities. This class will be led…

Over the past two years filmmaker William Reid has only spent $5.50 on food. He survived off of food from the dumpster. Now he's on a mission to better understand what is going on. Throughout the film he leverages the absurdity of his diet to gain access to key people in government and industry while he explores the underbelly of American agriculture. Price of admission allows you to watch films all day!

Screening of Trash Empire followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker at the Port Union Library in Toronto. Over the past two years filmmaker William Reid has only spent $5.50 on food. He survived off of food from the dumpster. Now he's on a mission to better understand what is going on. Throughout the film he leverages the absurdity of his diet to gain access to key people in government and industry while he explores the underbelly of American agriculture.…

Over the past two years William Reid has only spent $5.50 on food. He survived off of food from the dumpster. Now he's on a mission to better understand what is going on. Throughout the film he leverages the absurdity of his diet to gain access to key people in government and industry while he explores the underbelly of American agriculture. Come to hear a scandalous story about food waste that you haven't heard before. Trash Empire screens at 8pm…

Come to hear a scandalous story about food waste that you haven't heard before during this Studio Lab Express program. Trash Empire screens at 7pm and is followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker. Trash Empire (35 mins) Over the past two years, William has only spent $5.50 on food. He survived off of food from the dumpster. Now he's on a mission to better understand what is going on. Throughout the film he leverages the absurdity of his diet to gain access to…

Hier im Kitchen Impossible, Grunewaldst.9 Eintritt frei! Mit anschließendem Gespräch mit dem Filmemacher. Come for a screening of Trash Empire followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Trash Empire will be screening in at Drexel University as part of the Food Recovery Network's National Food Recovery Dialogue. Come to hear a scandalous story about food waste that you haven’t heard, and that you won’t hear anywhere else.

Trash Empire is screening as part of Women in Film and Video's Locavore series at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse! Come to hear a scandalous story about food waste that you haven't heard. Doors open at 6:30- show begins at 7:30. Trash Empire screens first and five films are included in the $10 price of admission.

The American food industry discards 150 million pounds of food every day - the equivalent of 523 Titanics per year. This class will review the causes of food waste and ways to reduce it, debunking myths along the way. For example, is the food you are throwing out actually bad? In addition, you’ll learn about the environmental damage caused by food waste, and various efforts to co-opt the current agricultural system to help feed local communities.

GMU's Campus Kitchens and Green Patriots are hosting a screening of Trash Empire followed by a Q&A!

Join us for a screening of Trash Empire, a documentary about dumpster diving and food waste, followed by a Q&A with the director William Reid. FeelGood Deli will be providing free grilled cheese, so please RSVP if you are attending so we know how much to order. https://tinyurl.com/TrashEmpireUM Sponsored by PitE and Food Recovery Network.

Please join us for a documentary screening of Trash Empire, followed by a discussion on Food Loss and Waste.   Trash Empire ‧ Short/Documentary ‧ 35 mins Over the past two years filmmaker William Reid has only spent $5.50 on food. He survived off of food from the dumpster. Now he's on a mission to better understand what is going on. Throughout the film he leverages the absurdity of his diet to gain access to key people in government and industry while he explores the underbelly of American…

The American food industry discards 150 million pounds of food every day - the equivalent of 523 Titanics per year. This class will review the causes of food waste and ways to reduce it, debunking myths along the way. For example, is the food you are throwing out actually bad? In addition, you’ll learn about the environmental damage caused by food waste, and various efforts to co-opt the current agricultural system to help feed local communities. This class will be led…