Bike Program Drives Down Food Waste

For many Americans, November begins a string of waistline-expanding holidays that make America's waste problem  (about 25% of our prepared food ends up in the garbage) seem even more pronounced. So we were happy to learn that one Oregon company is keeping edibles out of the landfill and promoting healthy, green transportation at the same time.

B-Line, a sustainable delivery service, recently started the B-Shares program, which uses bicycles to distribute surplus food from local markets to homeless shelters and food kitchens. For each $20 donation, B-shares is able to provide the ingredients for about 40 meals. During B-share's pilot run this summer, its bike riders delivered 3,500 pounds of food. Now that's a pretty big impact with a small carbon footprint.

--Della Watson