Coffee Leaf
Upcycled Food Series
Coffee leaf tea, derived from the coffee plant, is an incredibly sustainable beverage that could complement the coffee industry.
This beverage takes the leaves from the coffee plant, which would have been otherwise wasted, and roasts them before grinding them into a fine powder and steeping them in…
This black bean soup is a one pot, easy dish that can be made in advance of when you want it. It stores well frozen and can easily be reheated.
The beans are cooked from dry so that the liquid they are cooked in becomes the flavorful broth of the soup. This also…
You've probably heard it over and over again, but there really is no match for homemade stock. Store bought broth can't compare to the robust, simmering flavors offered by fresh stock using real ingredients.
The tops of carrots, stems of kale, ends or celery, and skins of onions are all parts that we would normally throw away…
Together with the Upcycled Certification Standards Committee and the UFA Board we are proud to present the world’s first Upcycled Certification Standard—fully ratified, approved and ready for implementation.
This exciting milestone is the culmination of a seven-month process. The diverse team of exceptional individuals that comprised the Standards Committee brought expertise, passion, and dedication to…
2020 tested all of us. We faced both personal and collective challenges. However, 2020 also revealed incredible moments of humanity, of reaching beyond ourselves to help others. In that spirit, we were inspired to craft some New Year’s Resolutions to "Eat Responsibly" and share them with you!
#1 Prepare a Plan
Eating healthfully and sustainably starts before even stepping…
Do you ever have a few carrots leftover from a dish you made a week or two ago? Or a few roasted red peppers floating in a jar, hiding in the back of the fridge?
We'd be impressed if you didn't. The occasion is a perfect opportunity to upcycle food at home and use all those leftover…
We are often presented with questions and choices that seem to offer us very few options, either we choose our individual health and well-being or the health of the planet. We are being told that these options are mutually exclusive. Perhaps this is no surprise as much of industry insists that profit must come at…
Who knew that sustainable food could be so… popular?
That ugly fruit could be fashionable?
That upcycled grain would be “all the rage?”
We’d like to say that ReGrained has been in the know, but now our belief has been confirmed: yesterday, Whole Foods announced upcycled food as…
Just a couple of weeks ago on Tuesday, September 29th, we observed the world’s first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. While it’s not ideal, it may be fitting that our first celebration arrived during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing our food system’s vulnerabilities.
From meal prepping to…
The sun is out, the grills are on, and the watermelons are ripe: that’s right folks, it’s summer time! We were here last week with some amazing tips on how to have a sustainable and upcycle-filled 4th of July . This week, we want to help you keep the upcycled spirit going at home…