A number of startups want to turn more consumers onto eating food that would have otherwise gone to waste–eliminat…
Food Waste
Could a Universal Expiration Date Help Stop Food Waste?
Humans have a hard time interpreting things. Other human emotions, complicated recipes, and the most difficult, of cours…
Celebrity Chefs Urge Congress to Tackle Food Waste Ahead of 2018 Farm Bill
Members of Congress may have thought they were being treated to a delicious meal by chef Tom Colicchio yesterday. But he…
Is Silk the Sustainable Packaging of the Future?
Not all packaging is quite as ridiculous as Whole Foods’ peeled oranges in plastic, but it’s a good general rule t…
This Large-Scale Food Waste Plan Doesn’t Stink
Can you imagine a city as big as New York eliminating all food waste—every bit of its million-plus tons of food scraps, …
Beautiful on the Inside: ‘Ugly’ Fruits and Vegetables May Pack More Nutrition, Says Research
Beauty, as the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. But when it comes to nutrition, it turns out the best of it m…
Starbucks to Donate 100 Percent of Unsold Food to Combat Food Waste
Starbucks has announced its plans to combat food waste, pledging to donate 100 percent of leftover food from 7,600 store…
Speaking of Food Waste…Watch This ASAP [Video]
The amount of wasted food in the world is hard to grasp, especially with so much abundance here in the U.S. But it’…
Whole Foods Market to Start Selling ‘Imperfect’ Fruits and Vegetables at Reduced Prices
If the produce offerings at your local Whole Foods Market start to look a little less than gorgeous, it’s probably not b…
Why Aren’t U.S. Grocery Stores Selling You Edible Expired Food?
For years, food advocates and environmentalists have begged American grocery stores to wake up, smell the food waste, an…