Food Waste

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Young people want to make spontaneous and diverse food choices, which is driving up food waste in ‘Gen Z’ homes according to a new research project.

A humble but untiring volunteer has been working to reduce food waste and provide the public with access to free food without discrimination.

Getting acquainted with Food Not Bombs, a group in Phoenix serving meals to the community using surplus food.

The company sends customers surplus products and blemished produce at a discount via a grocery delivery service.

Have you ever gone to the grocery store, armed with coupons and sale flyers, and maxed out your savings potential with each bag of rice, head of broccoli and soda six-pack you drop in your cart? It feels so satisfying, saving all that money. But then you get home, shove the rice bags in the pantry on top of the rice bags you already had and put the fresh veggies in the fridge, only to remember them when the unmistakable stench of rotting broccoli greets you a week later. Yeah, us too.

Beginning in a University of Maryland dorm, Hungry Harvest has grown over the past six years into a formidable fresh

A $10.5 million facility intended to take green waste and mix it with other materials to make compost is on hold after officials discovered they’re missing a critical ingredient — food waste to make the material cook to the high temperature needed in the composting process.

A $10.5 million facility intended to take green waste and mix it with other materials to make compost is on hold after officials discovered they’re missing a critical ingredient — food waste to make the material cook to the high temperature needed in the composting process.

UK Research and Innovation has invested £5.9m in a new carbon-cutting project that uses insects to transforms waste food into animal food.

Whole Foods Market customers are now able to purchase a range of fresh produce that has been grown by Infarm.

A new report by Feedback warns that less than 10% of major food businesses have committed to full transparency