Cassandra Profita

Environment reporter

Cassandra Profita is an Environment reporter based in Portland at Oregon Public Broadcasting. She works with EarthFix.

Stories by Cassandra Profita

Man next to compost pile.

With curbside composting, food waste not a total loss

Wasting around 40 percent of all the food produced in the U.S. certainly has its drawbacks: It’s not feeding people in need, it’s expensive and it does a lot of environmental damage. But across the country, cities, towns and companies are finding food waste doesn’t have to be a total loss. In fact, it can…

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