What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it comes to hunger, understanding is action. If we know what these words mean in human terms, we ...
We’re also generating huge amounts of food waste at the point of consumption, either in shops, restaurants at home. Unclear labelling, portion sizes which are too big and simply not eating everything ...
There is a glaring mismatch between food waste and hunger in the U.S. One young student set out to fix this problem with a matchmaking system that relies on data crunching, email, and text.
An Indonesian staple is shaking up the restaurant scene — and may just end up preventing a big source of emissions.
Enormous quantities of edible food are thrown away every day by farmers, suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and ultimately consumers. Could cutting the amount of waste help us feed the world?
If drop-off food waste collection is implemented correctly, they can be a very low-cost, low-risk entry point for U.S. and Canadian municipalities to ...
Education is all well and good, she says, but, “we are trying to provide actual material that people can use to very concretely help them reduce food waste.” To that end, she’s launched and tracked ...
Mobile apps can help us make better, more informed food choices, from localising our shop to identifying a product’s sustainability credentials to reducing food waste. The food supply chain ...
ADE: Hi, my name’s Ade. I’m in Sydney, Australia. And I’m about to find out one of the simplest ways in which we can all cut down on our carbon emissions and the great thing is: it’s ...
food waste means needless greenhouse gas emissions and amounts to a misuse of the land and water required to raise crops and animals. Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are ...
Food waste, and food loss which occurs when food is lost before it reaches consumers, are a global challenge. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one third ...
Additionally, the disposal of food waste significantly impacts climate change. In 2021, WWF’s report, Driven To Waste, indicated that approximately 10 per cent of all GHG emissions stem from food ...