Check out how these 11 people and organizations are alleviating hunger, forging new attitudes about food, and partaking in vital research to better our relationship with food.
Food Waste
New York’s Dynamic Duo Leads the Food Waste Fight with Transfernation
Samir and Hannah started as two college students with an idea—now, the duo leads the fight against food waste for events across New York City, rescuing tens of thousands of pounds of food annually. Learn more about their story and future plans in this exclusive interview with Food Tank.
New Online Hub Collectively Tackles Food Waste
New online resource hub FurtherWithFood.org brings people and organizations together to strengthen the movement to reduce food loss and waste across the United States.
OzHarvest: Rescuing Airline Food While Reducing Food Waste
Australian food rescue organization OzHarvest, is working with airlines, collecting uneaten airline food to feed vulnerable people and families and reduce food to landfill.
Announcing the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition’s 2017 YES! Research Grant Competition
BCFN’s YES! Research Grant Competition supports sustainable research from young scientists.
How an Algorithm Could Change the World of Food Delivery
Gebni, a new food delivery app, aims to reduce food waste in restaurants and lower prices to appeal to a broader market.
Africa’s First Postharvest Loss Reduction Innovation Conference and Competition
From March 28 to 31, your solution to food waste in Africa could be pitched at a groundbreaking conference in Kenya.
Ted Monk: “Lack of food shouldn’t limit a person”
Ted Monk, Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility of Sodexo North America, is speaking at the third annual D.C. Food Tank Summit, Let’s Build a Better Food Policy.
Milan Soup Kitchen Serves Up More Than Soup from City’s Waste
In a year, the Refettorio Ambrosiano saved more than 25 tons of food from being wasted. The sustainable soup kitchen continues to pursue a creative and sustainable model for redistributing food waste.
Technology is Reducing Food Waste: Interview with Copia’s Mike Goldblatt
A for-profit food waste reduction and recovery company based in San Francisco, CA, Copia has the first end-to-end waste reduction and recovery technology available.
Eric Trachtenberg: “It’s madness to lose what is already produced”
Trachtenberg, Director of the Food and Agriculture Sector at McLarty Associates, is speaking at the third annual D.C. Food Tank Summit: Let’s Build a Better Food Policy.
Now Entering the Age of Food Efficiency: Interview with Jon Shaw of Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems
Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems is improving efficiencies along the cold chain to combat food waste and climate change while providing safe, nutritious and diversified food.
Baldor Specialty Foods Eliminates Food Waste From Production
Baldor Specialty Foods achieved its goal of zero food waste by 2017 through the SparCs program, which utilized functional approach to food waste by prioritizing human consumption.
Sixteen Noteworthy Food Moments in 2016
From food policies that address food security and food waste, to innovative quantitative technologies, to the celebration of young food leaders, 2016 has had many a noteworthy food moment thus far.
Food Industry Shares Food Waste Reduction Efforts in New Report
A new booklet from the Consumer Foods Forum highlights successful approaches to measuring and reducing food waste from companies including Kellogg’s, Carrefour, and Nestle.
Wasted Food Contributes to Climate Change
Climate changes will continue to intensify so Americans need to do their part to waste less food. Consumers’ impact is bigger than previously thought.
New Report Ranks Countries on Food Waste, Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture
The Food Sustainability Index ranks countries by food system sustainability and identifies best practices in food waste, nutrition, and agriculture.
Americans Feel Guilty about Food Waste, but Still Throw Away Food
Only about half of all Americans are aware that food waste is a problem.
7 Tips to a Food Waste-Free Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, one of the best ways to be grateful for what you have is to avoid wasting it. Here are tips for a waste-free holiday.
Ten Questions with Kenneth Quinn, President of The World Food Prize
Food Tank had the chance to speak with Kenneth Quinn, President of The World Food Prize, who will be speaking at this year’s Food Tank Summit in Chicago.
