Jonathan Bloom

Wellesley High School Author: Jonathan Bloom (1995) 

         Jon is a freelance journalist and food waste expert who writes the blog Wasted Food. An accomplished eater and fledgling composter, he has covered both serious and quirky topics related to food and the environment. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Newsweek, and Variety, among others. Jon’s seminal book American Wasteland was praised by Kirkus Reviews as, “an eye-opening account of what used to be considered a sin—the willful waste of perfectly edible food…Bloom is full of condemnation without being unduly scolding…Refreshingly, Bloom offers solutions as well as jeremiads, and not a minute too soon—an urgent, necessary book.” www.wastedfood.com

            Jon keeps many, many containers for leftovers