EU plans drive to cut food waste this decade – draft
Brussels, BelgiumReuters European Union countries will be required to rein in food waste this decade under draft EU plans aimed at tackling the 10 per cent of food in Europe that gets thrown away. An estimated 131 kilograms of food is wasted per European inhabitant each year, the EU has said, costing consumers money, emitting […]
Essay: Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change
In an article first published on The Conversation, ABAY YIMERE, a postdoctoral scholar in international environment and resource policy at Tufts University, looks at the difference expanding food cold chains can make, if it’s done in a way that avoids contributing to climate change…
From farm to fork…via app: How tech is tackling food waste
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as inflation and food prices soar, millions in the United States save on grocery bills with apps like Flashfood and Too Good To Go…
Missing targets: World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem
NICHOLA GROOM and LEAH DOUGLAS, of Reuters, report on the ongoing battle to reduce food waste…
A Sustainable Life: Scrapping use-by dates could prevent huge amounts of food waste – here’s what else could help
In an article first published on The Conversation, LINGXUAN LIU, a lecturer in sustainability at Lancaster University in the UK, says most household food waste is avoidable…
Table Talk: Five ways to reduce your food waste
In a new food-related column, EMMA WATSON looks at how you can reduce food waste in your home (and provides a quick recipe to use up some of those leftovers)…
Wow!: Turning heat to cooling, Kenyan inventor cuts food waste – and adds jobs and income
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on one of the winners of this year’s Ashden Awards, which promote low-carbon innovations in sustainable energy and development…
Wow!: Waste to watts – India generates green energy from food leftovers
MOUSHUMI BASU, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Pune on how communites are using biogas digesters to turn organic waste into electricity and slashing their power bills as they cut climate changing emissions…
Essay: How food waste helped us discover the existence of a Christian community in 12th century Islamic Iberia
Researchers MARCOS GARCÍA GARCÍA and GUILLERMO GARCÍA-CONTRERAS RUIZ, report – in an article first published on The Conversation – on the findings of their investigation into Muslim-Christian relations in southern Spain in the 12th century…
Trendspotter: Upcycling
DAVID ADAMS looks at the concept of ‘upcycling’, the idea of using low-valued foods or food processing byproducts to generate products to eat…