food waste

World Can Meet Growing Food Demands and Limit Warming to 1.5°C, Study Says

World Can Meet Growing Food Demands and Limit Warming to 1.5°C, Study Says

By Daisy Dunne Agriculture and food production is responsible for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Slashing the sector’s emissions is considered to be key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which is the aspirational target of the Paris agreement. However, adopting negative emissions strategies, such as soil carbon management, […]

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    New Technology Uses Food Waste to Make Tires

    New Technology Uses Food Waste to Make Tires

    By Marlene Cimons Some day you may discover tomato peels and eggshells where the rubber meets the road. The environment—not to mention your tires—will be better for it. Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that food waste, specifically tomato peels and eggshells, makes excellent filler for rubber tires, with tests showing they exceed industrial […]

    10 Ways to Use Banana Peels

    10 Ways to Use Banana Peels

    There are many fun facts about bananas. For example, this fruit, loaded with the muscle relaxing minerals potassium and magnesium, can aid with sleep. They also help soothe an upset stomach. For many people, bananas are a convenient, tasty, single-serving snack, or an ingredient in delicious quick breads. Where does your banana peel go? Photo […]

    French Supermarket Limits Food Waste by Selling Ugly Produce

    French Supermarket Limits Food Waste by Selling Ugly Produce

    Customers rarely see imperfect fruit and vegetables—the bent cucumber, the two-legged carrot, even the heart-shaped potato—because they are tossed away long before they reach supermarket shelves. But this year, French supermarket chain Intermarché decided to feature these so-called ugly fruits and vegetables in their stores (in an effort to reduce food waste). Photo courtesy of […]

    Are Food Expiration Date Labels Making You a Wasteful Person?

    Are Food Expiration Date Labels Making You a Wasteful Person?

    By Dana Frasz Words such as convoluted, confusing, inconsistent, ineffective, disorienting, ambiguous and dizzying are not terms you want to hear associated with a system you believe is designed to guarantee food safety. Yet those are the adjectives that a recent report uses to describe the current date labeling regime in the U.S. Published by the Natural […]