By Stephanie Breijo
From Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles–Douglas McMaster became one of the world’s leading authorities on closed-loop, zero-waste kitchens almost accidentally.
“I’ve had a series of unusual circumstances which has led to having a vision, and not necessarily my own vision, actually. I’ve piggybacked onto a vision, which has sort of defined my life; it defines what Silo is and why Silo is,” he said of his London restaurant, which is widely credited as the world’s first fully sustainable restaurant. “It’s not borne out of love of cooking or a love of sustainability, but I just didn’t do very well in school.”…