Nutrition & Wellness
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The fast food industry is discovering… vegetables
The hottest trend in the fast-food industry, believe it or not, is vegetables. We’re not talking iceberg lettuce or tired tomatoes, but actually healthy vegetables. From McDonald’s to Panera, fast-food restaurants are finding that people want healthier options, and by adding vegetables, Read More...
Eliminate laws that cause healthy food to go to waste
Multiple policies could be implemented to address food waste and its impacts on the environment, food security, and our climate. In particular, we should eliminate laws that cause healthy food to go to waste, incentivize food donation and, when needed, enact penalties for senseless food waste. Read More...
Simple steps by consumers can curb food waste
Dana Gunders, the leading expert on food waste at the Natural Resources Defense Council, is the author of "Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food." The next time you toss out a burger, imagine taking a 90-minute shower. That’s how much water Read More...
The UK has its first food waste supermarket
The UK's first food waste supermarket has opened in Pudsey, near Leeds. Food waste campaigners from the Real Junk Food Project have opened "the warehouse", a store on the Grangefield Industrial Estate. Customers are invited to shop for food thrown out by supermarkets and other businesses. The food Read More...
Denmark opened the world's first food waste supermarket
The charity behind the world’s first food waste supermarket has said that it is planning to open two more. Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, which opened the first food waste supermarket in Copenhagen in February, said that it is planning to open another in Copenhagen and a third in Arhus, the second Read More...
The simple difference that reduced food waste in Scotland by 40%
The Scottish Government is providing free doggy bags to hundreds of restaurants across Scotland to reduce food waste. The Good to Go branded bags are being rolled out after a pilot scheme showed that offering customers doggy bags could reduce food waste from leftovers by 40 per cent per restaurant. Read More...
Monsanto Bayer deal shows that GMO support is weakening
At first glance, people looking for more sustainable solutions in the world might shrug their shoulders about the news of pharmaceutical and chemical multinational Bayer acquiring agrochemical giant Monsanto. Monsanto has been a target of the worldwide environmental movement for two decades for its Read More...
I tried a chocolate bar that replaces sugar with mushrooms
Inside a lab in Aurora, Colorado, scientists at Mycotechnology have been trying to figure out a way to replace sugar with mushrooms. Certain mushrooms, the logic goes, can take away bitterness and naturally sweeten foods, like coffee and chocolate. The startup has most recently engineered a dark Read More...
The Real Junk Food Project: revolutionising how we tackle food waste
Adam Smith is blunt and to the point when I call him to suggest an interview. I want to talk to him about the Real Junk Food Project, which he founded, and suggest doing it at the cafe he set up in Leeds which uses waste food and operates on a pay-as-you-feel basis. “Which cafe? There are 30 of Read More...
Food waste could store solar, wind energy
Saving up excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is down or the air is still requires Read More...