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Treasure Valley nonprofit aims to cut down on local food waste — one delivery at a time. Rolling Tomato recovers heaps of food every week From bakeries and restaurants to hospital kitchens and locally-owned farms, Rolling Tomato recovers truckloads of food every week that would otherwise go to waste. and last updated 2021-05-25 20:26:31-04 BOISE, Idaho — Thousands of perfectly good meals end up in Treasure Valley landfills every day. The USDA estimates more than a third of food produced in the United States goes uneaten, totaling upwards of 125 billion pounds of food in the trash. ...

This week's edition of The Local Flavor features John Ryan of Brick & Basil, located in Norwich. John's family moved from Illinois to Madison, Connecticut when he was 2 to run a McDonald's franchise. With his father's death, his mother switched gears to running a farm in Franklin. Through his hard work on the farm, restaurant experience out of college, and a chance encounter in Denver, Colorado, John found his calling to open up Brick & Basil in February of 2015. Blaine: What brought you to Madison, Connecticut, from Illinois? John: My mom and dad purchased a McDonald's franchise in Middle...