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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
Tag: food waste
The dating game: When food goes bad
New technologies to predict spoilage time could slash the massive waste between farm and fork
Tackling food waste: Local organization opens community fridges in the GTA
A community fridge is a straightforward concept. Restaurants and households donate untouched food that would typically go to waste, and anybody in need of a meal can take what they want.
Pest-proof bags and bins slim Tanzania’s ‘lean season’
Improved storage techniques have shown they can cut the loss of harvested maize by 10 percent in Tanzania, and help one-third fewer households go hungry in the lean season, Swiss researchers said.
The digital revolution—a new weapon against food waste, hunger, and emissions
The Brookings Institution’s Heinz Strubenhoff writes about how technology can help fight food waste and hunger.
Philadelphia Food Scraps to Become Gas to Power Trucks and Buses
Philadelphia’s food scraps may become fuel for buses and trucks, under a plan to build a $120 million anaerobic digester to produce natural gas.
Food waste: alarming rise will see 66 tonnes thrown away every second
The amount of food that is wasted each year will rise by a third by 2030, when 2.1bn tonnes will either be lost or thrown away, equivalent to 66 tonnes per second, according to new analysis.
The student trying to solve the food waste crisis
A 23-year-old Ugandan engineering student has invented a food dehydrator to help minimize food waste.
A step towards hunger-free India
Millions of people in our country sleep hungry every single day, making it one of the major issues to tackle with, but we still waste food worth crores everyday. With an aim to put an end to food-wastage and ward off the evil of hunger among the poor, Robin Hood Army (RHA), a zero-funds organisation, is taking to the streets to feed the hungry.
Struggling Farmers Turn Excess Milk Into Cheese And Yogurt For The Hungry
Philabundance, a Pennsylvania nonprofit that turns food waste into donations is working with dairy farmers to turn excess milk into cheese and yogurt for the hungry.
