When most people think about food shortages, they picture dramatic images: empty shelves after a hurricane, or headline news about droughts in faraway countries. What rarely makes it into dinner ...
At Penn’s DumoLab, researchers work to solve multiple problems: how to keep food waste out of landfills, make healthier building materials and tackle climate change.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A Pinellas County nonprofit is expanding its reach to feed more families in need — all by transforming surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away. 360 Eats, a local ...
Lori Welch, Lansing Sustainability Manager, noted that the drop-off sites can accept a wider variety of food scraps than typical backyard compost bins. A city-run composting program in Lansing has ...
A team of scientists in Singapore has uncovered powerful new evidence that vertical farming — growing food in stacked and often indoor, controlled environments — could radically change how we feed the ...
If you’ve ever tossed out a takeout container of food that went uneaten, left your leftovers behind at a restaurant, or let food spoil in the fridge, you’re not alone. But collectively, these everyday ...
MILFORD, DE- On Monday, the Food Bank of Delaware introduced a new food digester, a solution it says could help tackle the state's food waste problems. The ORCA, short for Organic Recycling Conversion ...
MUSKEGON, MI - A new composting program hosted at the Muskegon Farmers Market has already saved one ton of food waste from going to the landfill after one month in operation. Green Michigan is a ...
Wasseem Emam is the Founder and Executive Director of Ethical Seafood Research (ESR), a UK-registered nonprofit advancing ...