While chefs presented their creations to a panel of judges, attendees visited eight tasting stations and sipped on Waste Not Welcome Punch, a Finlandia vodka cocktail using upcycled ingredients like grapefruits peels and celery leaf tea.
Our Understanding of Food Isn’t Good Enough in D.C.
As part of Food Tank’s first bi-monthly event on Capitol Hill on May 10, moderator Frank Sesno sat down with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Geeta Sethi, and Norbert Wilson to talk about the areas of the food system that policies must address for improved health world-wide.
Food Doing Good: Putting Sustainability on Plates in the U.K.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association challenges food businesses in the U.K. to take the lead on sustainability by cutting meat, food waste, and single-use plastic from their plates
Venture-Backed Technology Startup Tackles Industrial Food Waste
A venture-backed technology startup, FoodMaven, is tackling the US$161 billion per year industrial food waste problem with innovative solutions that allow food producers and suppliers to earn a profit from once landfilled- destined food.
Pashon Murray’s Detroit Dirt and Food Waste: A Solution for Industrial Problems
A city known for industry, Detroit is now rallying individuals and corporations around waste and dirt: Pashon Murray is leading the composting collaboration for the climate, economy, and future generation.
Opinion | Winning on Reducing Food Waste—From SXSW to Earth Day
With the dust now settled from the 2019 SXSW festival, and with Earth Day’s 49th anniversary on the horizon, wasted food and its environmental impact has been on our minds.
Maxfield Kaniger’s Kanbe’s Markets: A Piece for the Food Insecurity Puzzle
With convenient coolers and healthy food, Max Kaniger is helping close the gap between food insecurity and food waste in Kansas City.
Creating Boozy Beverages from Food Waste: 10 Brewers Doing it Right
A compiled list of businesses that are diverting food waste from the landfill and transforming it into alcoholic beverages.
“Food Won’t Solve Hunger. Income Will.”
Choosing food as a solution to food insecurity may seem like the low-hanging fruit, but don’t let its simplicity fool you. The complexity of the crisis merits a deeper solution.
Winnow Vision AI Cuts Costs and Cleans Up Waste in Commercial Kitchens
The latest innovation in AI technology by Winnow Solutions enters the food space to help fight food waste, one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gasses on the planet.
Two Reasons Why Three Billion People Aren’t Getting Adequate Nutrition
Because of high levels of food loss and waste—especially of nutrient-rich, perishable foods—as many as three billion people are consuming low-quality diets that result in micronutrient malnutrition as well as rising levels of obesity.
According to a Recent Poll, 88 Percent of Americans Reduce Food Waste
MSU’s fourth Food Literacy and Engagement Poll was released at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on February 14, 2019, and surveyed 2,090 Americans on their attitudes and knowledge of food waste.
It Isn’t Waste, It Is Simply Spare: Adam Kaye of Spare Food Co
In 2015, Kaye co-created the wastED pop-up restaurant series in New York and London, boasting menus using forgotten or unwanted parts of food. “We took products that people don’t consider as delicious or coveted, and we created something really pretty out of it”
Project Drawdown’s Narrative for Climate Change: 100 Solutions
Paul Hawken’s new book Drawdown outlines 100 ways the world is working to protect the climate— straightforward enough that readers can do it too.
Can Behavioral Science Make our Food Choices More Sustainable?
Behavioral scientists want to fill grocery carts, take-away containers, and fridges with sustainable food, without consumers needing to think twice about it.
Private Compost Haulers are Emptying Landfills and Changing Minds – One Bucket at a Time
Using the market for good, private compost haulers are closing the waste cycle and educating cities along the way.
21 Organizations Transforming Australia’s Food System
In the last decade, Australia’s good food movement has exploded; check out these 21 organizations in food rescue, Indigenous Australian farmer support, permaculture training, and more.
Meal Kit Deliveries Can Optimize the Food System, Says Uwe Voss
On Food Talk, COO and Managing Director of HelloFresh Uwe Voss talks about the ways meal kits aim to change consumer habits, from food waste to better nutrition.
Students are Building Food Recovery Across the U.S.
On Food Talk, Food Recovery Network Executive Director Regina Northouse talks about the power of students in changing the ways their communities treat food waste.
There’s An App For That: Reducing Our Food Waste
When we waste food, we miss the opportunity to share food with neighbors in need. These apps are making it easier to recover food waste for food justice in every community.
