Major supermarket chains are updating their technologies and operating procedures in a drive to reduce food waste and enhance operating efficiencies, according to recently released case studies by the ...

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

The evidence is undeniable: against a backdrop of growing food insecurity, we’re drowning in an epidemic of food waste. Maintaining current farming and food management methods jeopardizes the health ...

Transforming food waste using sustainable technologies could produce enough protein to tackle the global food crisis and more, says fresh research. Food innovators are hard at work finding elegant ...

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Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

The City of Madison has announced that they have collected over 30,000 pounds of food scraps composted at Farmers’ Markets in 2025, closing in on its 2025 goal of 40,000 pounds composted. The city’s ...

Food manufacturers are prioritising food-waste reduction at all stages of production, and in doing so, are reducing costs too. Food waste is a major issue at all stages of the supply chain, with the ...