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Major hotel chain to grow vegetables at 1000 properties to cut food waste
One of the world’s biggest hotel chains has announced it will plant vegetable gardens at many of its hotels as part of a plan to cut food waste by a third. AccorHotels, which includes the Pullman, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis chains, intends to “reduce food waste by 30%, in Read More...
The enormous carbon footprint of food that we never even eat
Discussions about how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions frequently center on clean energy, more efficient transportation and sustainable agriculture. But research suggests that if we really want to pay attention to our carbon footprints, we should also be focusing on another, less-talked-about Read More...
High-tech ‘beans’ could reduce food waste
Handing a farmer a fistful of magic beans with the promise that they will improve his business might sound like something out of a fairy-tale. But, as Arthur C. Clarke put it, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The sensor-filled “beans” developed by Andrew Read More...
Food surpluses are inevitable in our consumer-led society. Food waste isn’t
If they think about it at all, most people think of food waste, or surplus, as the “reduced to clear” section in the supermarket. But that is just a tiny fraction of what exists. The truth is that most food surpluses in the supply chain never even reach our supermarket shelves. Let me Read More...
What communities can do to reduce food waste
Reducing food waste is one of the big food trends for 2016.Community action is critical in the fight against food waste. Here are some examples from around the world to see what communities are doing, such as creating "community fridges" for all to fill and use. Yet, laws sometimes prevent the best Read More...
Suburbs embrace food scrap recycling to cut 15 percent of landfill waste
Cleaning your plate will take on a new meaning in some suburbs as food scrap collection grows in practice and popularity. The effort involves collecting food leftovers at the curb and converting them to compost as a way to reduce waste going into landfills. So far, food scrap collection programs Read More...
Eating your leftovers will help fight climate change, EPA says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will launch a program to assist faith-based groups to reduce food waste. A "toolkit" will help how to "organize a kitchen to eat older food first and sample dishes that use up extra food so it stays out of the landfill." Diverting food from landfills helps Read More...
Students invent fridge that runs without electricity
Upwards of 40% of food produced in developing countries is wasted due to lack of electricity and poor refrigeration. With that in mind, four University of Calgary students have invented a fridge that doesn’t require electricity to run. Inspired by the way animals cool themselves, the machine uses Read More...
5 easy ways to reduce food waste in your daily life
For many, the question is uttered nearly every evening, and the answer is easy. But for 795 million people in the world — those who don’t have a reliable meal to look forward to according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — the question is more Read More...
Here’s how we can cut food waste in half by 2030
A third of the food produced in the United States is never consumed; that’s about 133 billion pounds, while at least 49 million Americans are food insecure. On September 16th, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Read More...