Not Wasting Food to Save the World
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Debi Smith"It is estimated that 1/3 of all the food produced on the planet never makes it into a mouth," writes Debi Smith.
Debi Smith"It is estimated that 1/3 of all the food produced on the planet never makes it into a mouth," writes Debi Smith.
One-fifth of the trash in our landfills is wasted food. But better understanding of how our food system works is starting to…
Some 40 percent of America’s food goes uneaten, costing the nation some US$218 billion annually. Food waste is the single…
By Mark Esposito, Terence Tse,
It’s an unlikely meet-up. Storks, food security, climate change, and obesity are coming together in the garbage dumps of Spain…
The recent climate summit in Paris carries our hopes that the nations of the world can commit to the concrete, far-reaching…
(Photo: kaarsten/Shutterstock)Last summer I asked Tamar Adler—the only professionally trained chef I know well enough to…
When it comes to saving money at the grocery store, “buy in bulk” is common sense. However, this can backfire if you’re buying…
Cities like New York and Austin, Texas aren't challenging residents to compost simply because the practice provides rich soil. U.
The product arrives in an era when some of the nation's bigger cities are embracing or enforcing composting ...
Journalist’s Resource encourages using scholarly research as a lens through which to see local events. Many stories on a broad…
Daily work-related energy expenditure over the last half-century in the U.S. has decreased by over 100 calories. This may well e…
Daily work-related energy expenditure over the last half-century in the U.S. has decreased by over 100 calories. This may well e…
Kevin Hall, Ph.D. spoke at the May 2010 Frontiers of Neuroscience series in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Hall is a senior faculty…
Roberta Kwok at Journal Watch Online highlights a new PLoS study1 describing the environmental cost of wasted food—almost 40…