Sustainable eating: Silver lining in the health crisis? Less food waste
THIN LEI WIN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a growing consciousness about food waste during the coronavirus pandemic…
Lockdown, leftovers and how food frugality is a climate boon
Chicago, US/London, UKReuters Clint Parry ransacked every kitchen cupboard and scoured all corners of his fridge during lockdown in Detroit, hunting for lost ingredients and leftovers to whip up meals. The 33-year-old is one of many people across the world to have embraced thriftiness and cut down on food waste during the COVID-19 pandemic, according […]
CLIMATE CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS: APPS AND BLOCKCHAIN HELP EUROPEAN SUPERMARKETS LURE CUSTOMERS
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how supermarkets are addressing growing concern among consumers about issues like the environmental cost of farming and food waste…
EATING
When it came to food my mum brought me up really well. We were taught to eat everything on our plate. Vegetables, salad, whatever. “There’s starving kids in Africa – and you won’t get any dessert.” PICTURE: Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash Having two brothers vying for food was also pretty good motivation. The only problem is, […]
Vatican conference urges governments to tackle food loss and waste
Vatican CityReuters An international panel of experts backed by Pope Francis appealed to governments on Tuesday to commit to halving food waste and loss by 2030, saying it was morally, economically and environmentally unacceptable. The appeal came at the end of a two-day conference at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences attended by more than 50 […]
UN urges action after research shows farmers losing up to a fifth of produce
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Farmers around the world are losing up to 20 per cent of the food they produce every year but action can be taken to reduce this, according to the United Nations on Monday as it quantified such losses for the first time. A combination of causes, ranging from harvesting and handling […]
WOW!: UGANDAN ENTREPRENEURS COOK UP ECO-FRIENDLY DRYER TO CUT FOOD WASTE
JACK OKOT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how an eco-friendly invention by two Ugandan men can help cut food waste…
Europe’s food waste is ‘a scandal’, says agency chief
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Europe’s high levels of food waste are an ethical scandal at a time when hundreds of millions of people around the world are going hungry, the head of the region’s food safety watchdog said on Friday. European Union lawmakers have campaigned to slash food waste in the bloc, which currently throws […]
WOW!: COMMUNITY REFRIGERATORS AIM TO FREEZE OUT WASTE
SHANNON LARSON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at a “community fridge” program to address food waste in the UK…
Ways the food business eats into waste
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s Marks & Spencer is the latest food retailer to cut plastic pollution and food waste, opening a trial store in London that sells fresh fruit and vegetables without packaging or sell-by dates. It joins a wave of supermarkets and manufacturers, from Germany’s Lidl to US Whole Foods, pledging to reduce waste […]