Americans waste a lot of food — about $1,500 annually for a family of four, according to the USDA. "We waste anywhere from 30 to 40% of all food that's produced in the United States," said Sauleh ...

Scientists are finding ways to recover nutrients from food waste, turning discarded scraps into ingredients, supplements, and ...

Simple changes in shopping, storage, and organization can dramatically reduce food waste without altering how you cook or eat. The post How Simple Kitchen Habits Can Cut Food Waste at Home Without ...

For centuries, gleaning had been a lifeline for the rural poor in England and France—a legally recognized right that allowed them to enter fields after the harvest to collect what remained. French law ...

A pilot program from UMaine's Mitchell Center found big reductions in school cafeteria food waste, and a toolkit rolled out ...

Food waste has become one of humanity's most pressing challenges. While more than seven hundred million people worldwide struggle with hunger, we simultaneously throw away over a billion tonnes of ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

A new food waste reduction toolkit from the US Food Waste Pact shows frontline workers how small improvements in their daily work can have an outsized impact Created in collaboration with the Pacific ...

I had the opportunity to travel to the second annual New York Food Tank Summit earlier this month with the National Black Farmer’s Association, the National Women’s Farming Association and the ...

Earlier this week, the European Union signed a deal committing to legally binding food waste reduction targets to be met by 2030. Under these targets, food processors and manufacturers are obligated ...