Do you buy your farmers' market produce in season and organic [0] cereal in bulk to save money — only to throw away food that's gone bad or expired? Find out how you can get more out of your eco penny-pinching ways:

>> Don’t let your local, organic produce go to waste! Get your money’s worth by following these 10 tips on keeping farmers’ market produce fresh [1] from the University of Nebraska. (via mnn.com [2])

>> One innovative group’s proven you can make good food — and a good living — by cleaning things up! ZERI Foundation’s coffee-pulp-to-mushrooms project [3] uses a waste product — coffee pulp that’s a pollutant at worst and low-quality fertilizer at best — to grow mushrooms, giving coffee growers protein-rich food, an additional source of income, and livestock feed. The project won Specialty Coffee Association of the Americas’ 2009 Sustainability [3] Award.

>> For more tips on wasting less and getting more out of your food, follow Wasted Food [4], a blog by Jonathan Bloom, who’s writing a book on wasted food in America. A recent post examines whether or not you should intentionally buy milk that’s closer to its expiration date [5], to prevent it from actually expiring on the shelves and becoming food waste. Interesting dilemma!

Photo by Siel [6]