Author: Sarah Polaski
Food pantries providing extra aid for furloughed federal workers
In Michigan, food banks across the state are tapping into their own resources to provide needed food assistance to furloughed federal workers as the partial government shutdown continues
Fighting ‘hidden hunger’ with fortified foods
Globally, up to 2 billion people do not get enough essential vitamins and minerals from food, according to the 2018 Global Hunger Index, which tracks and measures efforts to fight hunger, indicating that many of the affected are expectedly in poor countries.
Cutting food waste: game-changing fund opens
The UK government fund for food redistribution organizations aims to substantially reduce food waste from food businesses.
GMO cowpea: Bridging the gap between innovation and social change
The pod-borer insect (maruca) is highly notorious in cowpea production, forcing farmers to spray pesticides about six to seven times within a planting season. Nigerian scientists hope a new genetically modified variety of cowpea will resist this pest while limiting the use of pesticides and increasing cowpea yields.
Billions in food stamp payments to come early because of shutdown
The partial government shutdown, hours away from becoming the longest in U.S. history, means that millions of low-income Americans are about to get their February food stamps a few weeks early — an unprecedented payout of billions of dollars in benefits that has states and grocery stores scrambling.
This Bill Gates-backed start-up is fighting world hunger by making your avocados last longer
Apeel Sciences, a Southern California-based food technology startup that is trying to battle food waste.
This Maine School Makes Nutritious Lunches So Tasty, Parents Ask For Recipes
One school in Maine serves 3,000 meals a day to students who are hungry for nutrition
Ignore the expiration date How ‘sell by’ standards promote food waste
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Boston Globe reporter Amy Crawford explores some of the ways that both for-profit and non-profit companies are trying to alleviate food waste in the United States
Scientists Have ‘Hacked Photosynthesis’ In Search Of More Productive Crops
Researchers at the University of Illinois have been able to engineer photosynthesis in plants that could help increase yields in key food crops like cowpeas in the future. “It’s really the first major breakthrough showing that one can indeed engineer photosynthesis and achieve a major increase in crop productivity.”
