Author Archives: Darryl Benjamin

Waste Not, Want Not

Posted by Darryl Benjamin  |  August 5, 2014

This is part 1 in a 2-part series on food waste. Our next post will dig into Vermont’s new universal recycling law, which outlines a recovery hierarchy for food waste. “Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic … Continue reading →

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Eat, Drink, But Please Don’t Sue

Posted by Darryl Benjamin  |  May 16, 2014

Perhaps General Mills thought it was no big deal when they discreetly slipped the words “binding arbitration” into their website privacy policy page.  The move, however, did not escape Stephanie Strom, a writer for the New York Times, and an … Continue reading →

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The Psychology (and Politics) of Food Labels

Posted by Darryl Benjamin  |  April 24, 2014

Yesterday, April 23, 2014, the Vermont legislature passed the nation’s first “no strings attached” GMO labeling bill. The “no strings attached” stipulation means passage is not dependent on whether other states pass similar bills; Vermont will go it alone. The legislation would … Continue reading →

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