Major supermarket chains are updating their technologies and operating procedures in a drive to reduce food waste and enhance operating efficiencies, according to recently released case studies by the ...

The evidence is undeniable: against a backdrop of growing food insecurity, we’re drowning in an epidemic of food waste. Maintaining current farming and food management methods jeopardizes the health ...

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Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

Transforming food waste using sustainable technologies could produce enough protein to tackle the global food crisis and more, says fresh research. Food innovators are hard at work finding elegant ...

Food manufacturers are prioritising food-waste reduction at all stages of production, and in doing so, are reducing costs too. Food waste is a major issue at all stages of the supply chain, with the ...

Over the last five years, Lesly Baesens and her team have been enthusiastically digging through Denver residents’ garbage cans. They call the practice “waste auditing.” And with each unopened bag of ...

The City of Madison has announced that they have collected over 30,000 pounds of food scraps composted at Farmers’ Markets in 2025, closing in on its 2025 goal of 40,000 pounds composted. The city’s ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Reducing Impacts of Food Loss and Waste: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National ...