food waste

New California law creates opportunities to waste less food - WTXL Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that 35 million people across the country suffered from food insecurity. That number has only increased. A new law in San Diego could set the stage for how the country starts to...

Japanese companies go high-tech in the battle against food waste - Reuters Japanese companies are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technology to reduce waste and cut costs in the pandemic, and looking to score some sustainability points along the way. Disposing...

Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It - NPR The food world is buzzing today about the latest news on just how often we waste perfectly good food. And we admit, the statistics are pretty depressing. About 40 percent of food in the United States today goes...

Eat your (ugly) fruit and veggies - NWI Times Walk down any grocery aisle and you’ll likely see rows of perfectly stacked produce, all ripe, shiny and begging to be picked by shoppers. What consumers don’t see is that there’s plenty more where that came from that didn’t make it to the grocery...

Cooking in quarantine reduces food waste, could help climate change - Fox News Minimizing food waste saves money and could save the earth While large farms and similar food industries have had to trash crops and dairy throughout the pandemic after millions adhered to shelter-in-place orders...

The U.S. wastes $161B worth of food every year. A.I. is helping us fix that - Digital Trends “[When you see pictures of food waste] it just blows you away,” said Stefan Kalb, a former food wholesaler. “I mean, shopping cart after shopping cart of food waste. What happens with the merchandisers...

You're Throwing Away Hundreds of Dollars of Food Every Month — Here's How to Use Odds + Ends - Yahoo When you're on a tight budget, you know that every penny counts — so then why do so many of us throw away perfectly edible food? Those broccoli stumps — eat 'em! The skins left over from...

Stop wasting so much food, 5 On Your Side has advice - WRAL Now that grocery store trips are limited and items aren't always in stock, it's more important than ever to manage the food already in the home. 5 On Your Side's Monica Laliberte shares ways to extend shelf life. The key is how the...

Waste not, want not - Harard Gazette Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic steps up its efforts in time of pandemic During a pandemic, a lot of things come to a halt, but one thing that never ceases is our need for a reliable supply of safe, nutritious food. Harvard Law School Professor...

We're worse with food waste than we think - BBC Common estimates for global food waste are too low, according to Dutch researchers, who suggest every person in the world is wasting about 500 calories of food a day. Without waste, we could feed five people instead of four, they said. The study...

The Wealthier We Are the More Food We Waste, Study Shows - Food and Wine And the overall amount of waste could be twice what we previously thought. In 2011, the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) put an easily understandable estimate on global food waste: one third of all...

One way to reduce food waste and help the climate: build more grocery stores - Marketwatch ‘It’s a big win for the environment, and a big win for consumers’ Boosting the number of grocery stores in a city could help cut down on food waste and mitigate the harmful effects of climate change, a...

American families waste a third of the food they purchase - Big Think On average, American households dump the equivalent of $1,900 worth of food a year. A recent study finds that the average American household wastes a third of its food. All told, the U.S. food system squanders billions of...

Ending the food waste habit - Times Union Use your leftovers, plan your shopping, store what you buy Who hasn't felt the shame of a refrigerator purge? You're sentenced to face the forgotten leftovers, fuzzy produce and years-old salad dressing that you swear must have come with the fridge...

Americans Waste $240 Billion in Food Each Year - US News The average U.S. household fritters away nearly $2,000 in food annually, a new study suggests. The average American household wastes about 30% of the food it buys, new research suggests. Food waste happens at every stage of the supply...

How To Reduce Food Waste - NPR Food waste is a huge problem in the United States. The good news: Each of us can help solve it. Consider this: A typical household of four tosses out about $1,600 worth of food annually. Up to 40% of the food that's produced never makes it to our mouths, and all...

How two innovative farmers are reducing food waste and carbon footprints - The Hill Food waste is a rampant problem in the United States, and it has received increased attention in recent years. There have been numerous campaigns and solutions to optimize the 40 percent of food that is left...

Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity - NPR As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it's as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste. If you piled up all the food that's not eaten over the course of a year in the U.S., it would be enough...

We Are Wasting a Massive Amount of Food. Here Are 4 Concrete Ways to Change That - Time Food waste might be finally getting the focus it deserves. From Washington D.C. to the Vatican, world leaders are stepping up their efforts to reduce food waste. In Washington D.C. last week, the US...

FDA, USDA And EPA Team Up With Food Waste Reduction Alliance- Forbes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced during the Food Waste Summit that they are teaming up with the Food Waste Reduction...