They say you can't go forward without first knowing where you've been—and this is perhaps most true in our ever-evolving food system. What were the  biggest food trends of 2012? Forbes Magazine chimes in with its assessment.

If eating organic carrots while everyone else around you is gorging themselves on Cheetos ever makes you feel incredibly lonely, there may be hope. OrganicMatch.com is a brand new dating service for "certified organic people" who love the organic lifestyle and want to meet someone with similar values (we're guessing the most common first-date meeting spot is somewhere inside a Whole Foods Market?).

A proposed rule could make it illegal for hospitals, large restaurants, hotels, universities and other large businesses in Massachusetts to throw away food waste with the rest of their trash.

Revolutionary technology may soon be available to help prevent the alarming amount food we waste. Intelleflex, a California technology company, has recently announced the development of a system employing RFID chips and GPS technology that could help gauge temperature, location and time data of food in order to reduce the number of spoils and losses.

As virtually every nation around the world struggles to combat waste management—particularly edible food waste—a Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering professor may have tackled both problems at once.

Earlier this month, countries including Germany, France, Japan and the U.K. signed a joint declaration as part of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture efforts to reduce food waste.

With a message that our nation's wealthiest one percent—largely the banking industry and corporations—are inappropriately managing their wealth and adversely affecting the other 99 percent of Americans, the Occupy Wall Street movement is now entering its fourth week of protests in New York City's financial district. But eschewing corporations is virtually impossible, especially as it pertains to food, bringing a new dimension to the growing Occupy movement as it spreads across the nation.

After a recent report made headlines when it was revealed that one third of all food—1 billion tons—ends up uneaten and in landfills around the world, some hopeful news has surfaced about reducing food waste through packaging innovation.