A growing number of manufacturers are meeting consumer demand for mission-based, sustainable and plant-based food by developing products made from “ugly” produce.
Author: Sarah Polaski
Counting the Beans: New Tool Measures the True Cost of Food
A new U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) tool is highlighting the true cost of food by presenting variation in the cost of food around the world. The tool, called Counting the Beans, includes a data-driven, open-access online interface to help both experts and the general public quantify the relative cost of food in nations worldwide.
“This is Hunger” truck on exhibit in California
The traveling, interactive exhibit put on by Mazon, a Jewish advocacy and policy group working to end hunger in this country and Israel, has visited more than 50 cities on its 16-month tour in the US
The struggle to survive South Sudan’s hunger season
Almost half of South Sudan’s population – 4.8 million people – are currently severely food insecure: an increase of 1.4 million since last year.
How France became a global leader in curbing food waste
France isn’t an obvious frontrunner in food recovery, but new legislation has helped catapult the nation to the top of the 2017 Food Sustainability Index. People in France wasted an average of 234 pounds of food per person annually compared to about 430 pounds in the United States.
Can online courses fix Africa’s food insecurity?
South African farmer Howard Blight’s company, Agricolleges International (ACI), will roll out its first courses in early 2018, and in the next few years plans to have a curriculum incorporating all of the agrisciences and an expanding footprint across Africa.
New York governor calls for food pantries at all public colleges
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling for all state universities to provide physical food pantries on campus or provide other means for students in need to receive food, making New York the first state to require every public campus to have a food pantry.
Growing plants with ‘Speed Breeding’ techniques could feed the world
New “speed breeding” techniques can address hunger by allowing researchers to study plants and improve their genetics faster, speeding up the process of breeding crops that are more resilient to disease and pests.
Children in charter schools shouldn’t go hungry
Only three US States and the District of Columbia require public charter schools to provide meals to needy students and current policy regarding which schools are required to provide meals for poor students is left entirely up to the states.
South Carolina organization prepares for Childhood Hunger Rally Week
South Carolina’s Help 4 Kids encourages food donations during Childhood Hunger Rally Week, January 14 – 21.
