Jonathan Foley opened up Food: A Forum with detailed solutions for meeting the nutritional demands of the world’s growing population.
Food Waste
Boroume: Fighting Food Waste and Hunger in Greece
Boroume is a nonprofit organization in Greece working to fight food waste through charitable donations.
Food Losses and Waste Reduction As One way to Secure Food in Japan
The motivation to fight food loss and waste in Japan demonstrates a strong streak of nationalism and opposition to globalization.
Menus of Change: “This is how I’m going to be a leader”
The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard partner for a better food system.
Innovation for Sustainability: Chicken Tractors, a Simple Innovation with a Big Payoff
The chicken tractor is a sustainable, humane, cost-effective, and fun way for farmers to integrate chickens into an agro-ecological system.
Feeding the 5000 Wages War on the ‘Global Food Waste Scandal’
Tristram Stuart and Feeding the 5000 uncover the ‘Global Food Waste Scandal,’ and inspire others to find solutions to global food waste.
Stories from IFAD: Farmers Field Schools
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is supporting communities in Tanzania, refining their livelihoods.
Think.Eat.Save. Your Way to Less Food Waste
The Think.Eat.Save campaign calls for everyone to play his or her part in reducing food waste by making a few simple changes.
Raising food waste awareness in Japan
Consumer behavior has emerged as a root cause of food waste—direct disposal, food scraps, and food leftovers account for half the amount of food waste in Japan.
Turning Waste Into Wealth: Using Vermicompost to Improve Soils and Improve Waste Management
Vermicomposting can be a useful waste management technique that yields nutrient-rich compost for farmers and gardeners and helps to keep waste out of landfills.
Three Free Tools That Will Make You a Better Farmer
These three tools make number crunching fast, easy, and fun!
Morocco, The High Atlas Foundation
The World Congress on Agroforestry 2014 will be held in Delhi, India and is supporting farmers across the globe so that they can better their livelihoods.
Food Is… Being Wasted
Documentary Photographer Chris King recently launched Food Is…. The new project documents food waste solutions in the UK.
The United Kingdom’s ‘This is Rubbish’ Calls for Food Waste Prevention in the Food Industry
‘This is Rubbish’ aims to prevent food waste before it starts in the United Kingdom’s food industry.
Using Worms to Reduce Food Waste Costs at the Monroe Correctional Complex
Monroe Correctional Complex is using worms to reduce food waste.
UC Berkeley Journalism Fellowship Makes Food a Serious Topic in the Media
The 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship offers journalists a chance to report on topics related to U.S. food systems.
Improving the Food Supply Chain in Japan
The analysis of food loss in Japan is now the aim of new institutional initiatives aimed at improving the national food system.
Food Tank Book of the Week: The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it
Julian Cribb illuminates what he calls, Humanity’s greatest test—how do we feed a growing population with less?
Foodshare reduces food waste by reallocating unused food
Foodshare discourages food waste while encouraging food redistribution and exchanges in German cities.
‘FreshPaper’ May Hold Key to Preserving More of World’s Produce
A five by five sheet of spice-infused paper may play a large role in the fight for global food security.
