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The food waste data gap starts in our fields
Last month, we reported on a study in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics which argued that America’s food waste problem—despite dramatic statistics repeated endlessly by think tanks and the...
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Feds won’t make good food happen. So cities, armed with food policy councils,...
In 2014, a group of four well-known food reformers—led by Omnivore’s Dilemma author Michael Pollan—wrote a Washington Post op-ed in the form of a letter to the future president of the United States....
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Can reducing food waste be profitable?
How do you get grocery stores, a major source of the country’s food waste, to mitigate their contribution to the issue? Dangle some profits in front of them. A new report plots solutions to America’s...
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One way to get companies to care about food waste? Make it profitable
It’s no secret that the issue of food waste has attracted the attention of entrepreneurs and innovators. It’s a seemingly intractable problem. And the inherent potential in intractable problems gets...
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Grocery stores could be donating way more food
Grocery stores could be donating way more of the food they don’t sell. What’s stopping them? A patchwork of inconsistent and unclear food safety laws. A new report conducted by researchers at the...
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Here’s the ugly truth about the ugly produce movement
Editor’s note: Imperfect Produce contests some of the assertions made by the authors of this commentary. You can read the company’s response here. Back in 2015, we at Phat Beets Produce received a...
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Is food waste a religious issue?
On a Sunday morning in September, Kate Urbank stepped onto the podium at the Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., to talk about food. Urbank is not a pastor or a member of the...
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Some 60 million pounds of imported produce could get dumped at the...
UPDATE, May 28, 2019, 5:13 pm, ET: This story was updated with additional information regarding the Compost Cats program. NOGALES, Arizona—During the October to May season, about a thousand...
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The boom in eco-friendly tableware is causing chaos at restaurants
Update, 6/3/2019, 12:19pm: We updated language about Just Salad’s relationship with Foodprint, which has not yet been formalized. They are in extended talks about working together. It was still dark...
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Bipartisan bill on food expiration labels could cut many tons of food waste
Every year, Americans throw out billions of pounds of food. In part, it’s because they’re following date labels—a system that critics say is inconsistent, poorly regulated, and doesn’t have much to do...
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Study: The “forever chemicals” in your takeout bowl may pose more dangers...
On Friday, a group of Auburn University scientists published a major review of existing research on “short-chain” PFAS, a ubiquitous variety of fluorinated “forever chemicals” commonly found in a wide...
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After California’s recent blackouts, low-income families are still recovering...
Pacific Gas & Electric turned off power to Ana Patricia Rios’ neighborhood in Sonoma County for eight days in October, three at the beginning of the month and five near the end. The mother of three...
View ArticleGrocery stores could be donating way more food
Grocery stores could be donating way more of the food they don’t sell. What’s stopping them? A patchwork of inconsistent and unclear food safety laws. A new report conducted by researchers at the...
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Here’s the ugly truth about the ugly produce movement
Editor’s note: Imperfect Produce contests some of the assertions made by the authors of this commentary. You can read the company’s response here. Back in 2015, we at Phat Beets Produce received a...
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Is food waste a religious issue?
On a Sunday morning in September, Kate Urbank stepped onto the podium at the Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., to talk about food. Urbank is not a pastor or a member of the...
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Some 60 million pounds of imported produce could get dumped at the...
UPDATE, May 28, 2019, 5:13 pm, ET: This story was updated with additional information regarding the Compost Cats program. NOGALES, Arizona—During the October to May season, about a thousand...
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The boom in eco-friendly tableware is causing chaos at restaurants
Update, 6/3/2019, 12:19pm: We updated language about Just Salad’s relationship with Foodprint, which has not yet been formalized. They are in extended talks about working together. It was still dark...
View ArticleBipartisan bill on food expiration labels could cut many tons of food waste
Every year, Americans throw out billions of pounds of food. In part, it’s because they’re following date labels—a system that critics say is inconsistent, poorly regulated, and doesn’t have much to do...
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Study: The “forever chemicals” in your takeout bowl may pose more dangers...
Restaurants selling “compostable” plant-fiber bowls insist their products are safe. But a major review of existing research on “short-chain” PFAS is unequivocal: There is cause for serious concern. On...
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After California’s recent blackouts, low-income families are still recovering...
Pacific Gas & Electric turned off power to Ana Patricia Rios’ neighborhood in Sonoma County for eight days in October, three at the beginning of the month and five near the end. The mother of three...
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