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Prashant Baid's search engine finds stores selling half-loaves of bread, in some of India's largest cities.

Too many slices in a full loaf of bread? This program helps find half-loaves for sale

Apr 24, 2022
Prashant Baid created halfloafnear.me for himself; he hates throwing out bread that's gone bad. But now, he says, the program has struck a chord with other people seeking to reduce food waste.
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The Salt
Peter Melnik, a fourth-generation dairy farmer, owns Bar-Way Farm, Inc. in Deerfield, Mass. He has an anaerobic digester on his farm that converts food waste into renewable energy.

Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity

Nov 30, 2019
Dairy farmers in Massachusetts are using food waste to create renewable energy. Each farm produces enough to power about 1,500 homes. This helps prevent the release of methane, a greenhouse gas.
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Confusion over whether food is still safe to eat after its "sell by" or "use before" date accounts for about one-fifth of food waste in U.S. homes, the FDA says. The agency is urging the food industry to adopt "best if used by" wording on packaged foods.

To Reduce Food Waste, FDA Urges 'Best If Used By' Date Labels

May 23, 2019
Confusion over whether a food is still safe to eat after its "sell by" or "use before" date accounts for about 20% of food waste in U.S. homes, the FDA says. The new wording aims to clear that up.
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The Salt
Farmhouse Tavern in Toronto has found a way to turn quiet Sundays, which often lead to either throwing away food or freezing it, into a way to sell out menu items.

Toronto Restaurant Fights Waste By Chopping Menu Prices Till Food Is Gone

May 02, 2019
Every Sunday, Farmhouse Tavern plans how to sell out of perishable food and open bottles of wine so it can shut up shop with an empty refrigerator for the next three days, when it is closed.
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Donations, Pigs Part Of Las Vegas' Efforts To Cut Food Waste

Apr 29, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The reduction of food waste has taken hold in a city known for excess: Las Vegas.

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The Salt
While it may seem that heaps of plastic from meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron make them less environmentally friendly than traditional grocery shopping, a new study says the kits actually produce less food waste.

Meal Kits Have A Smaller Carbon Footprint Than Grocery Shopping, Study Says

Apr 22, 2019
While it may seem that heaps of plastic from meal kit delivery services make them less environmentally friendly than traditional grocery shopping, a new study suggests that's not necessarily true.
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The Salt
A farmer in India piles millet in a field. Grains such as millet and sorghum pack a powerful nutritional punch, but they are overlooked for calorie-laden commodity crops such as wheat or maize.

Do Healthy Diets Protect The Planet? As The U.N. Meets, A Focus On Sustainability

Sep 23, 2018
As United Nations leaders gather in New York, top food and nutrition experts are convening for a forum to talk about how people around the globe can have both a nourished diet and a healthy planet.
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The Salt
The Cates family created RayZyns in a bid to reduce food waste on their vineyard by using leftover grapes to make raisins.

Father-Son Duo Turns Ruined Grapes Into Tasty Aid For Napa Fire Victims

Sep 20, 2018
The Cates family has been turning excess wine grapes into raisins as a way to reduce food waste. Since last year's devastating fires in California's wine-growing region, they've expanded.
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The Salt
Researcher Kennedy Bucci collects plastics from the shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto.

Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere

Aug 20, 2018
Plastic trash less than 5 millimeters long is in the things we eat and drink, and the air we breathe. Scientists are just beginning to study where it comes from and how it might affect our health.
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Peter Rabbit encourages people not to waste food as he casually chomps on a carrot on posters around town.

Opinion: How I Learned To Face Food Waste And Plan Smarter

Aug 17, 2018
According to the USDA, nearly 300 pounds of food per person gets thrown out in American homes each year. For three months, here's how one woman tried to cut back on food waste with her family of four.
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The Salt
A hotel employee prepares coconut husks for recycling into rope at the luxury Soneva Fushi island resort in the Maldives. It's just one of many initiatives the resort is taking to reduce food waste.

How Luxury Hotels And Restaurants In Developing Countries Fight Food Waste

Jul 20, 2018
The United Nations says nearly one-fourth of food purchases in hotels and restaurants are thrown away. Luxury properties in Mexico, India, and elsewhere are trying programs to bring that figure down.
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Tim Ma at his D.C. restaurant, Kyirisan.

For One Fine-Dining Chef, Cutting Food Waste Saves The Planet And The Bottom Line

Apr 20, 2018
After nearly going bankrupt, chef Tim Ma cut costs by cooking creatively with every last bit of ingredients. Some dishes born of frugality have become favorites at his acclaimed D.C. restaurant.
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The Salt
Composting food scraps is one way to reduce food waste, but preventing excess food in the first place is better, says the EPA.

Grocery Stores Get Mostly Mediocre Scores On Their Food Waste Efforts

Apr 16, 2018
A new report, "Supermarkets Fail to Make the Grade in Reducing Food Waste," scores the 10 largest grocery stores on how they handle food waste. No store got an A, but Walmart got a B.
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A prep cook at a San Francisco restaurant drops fish skin into a food scrap recycling container. Turning food waste into fertilizer is popular in parts of Europe and is catching on in the U.S. But tiny plastics are also making their way into that fertili

Another Place Plastics Are Turning Up: Organic Fertilizer From Food Waste

Apr 06, 2018
Turning food waste into fertilizer is popular in parts of Europe and is catching on in the U.S. But tiny plastics are also making their way into that fertilizer — and into the food chain.
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Old-timers will tell you that the vessel you use to make<em> kalchi koddi</em> can make all the difference in its taste. Fish curry is traditionally cooked, or reheated, in a<em> kunddlem</em>, an earthen pot.

An Ode To Leftover Curry: The Next-Day Treasure Of Coastal India

Mar 11, 2018
Necessity is the mother of invention, and in this case, the reason behind kalchi koddi, a tasty staple of Goa.
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Ahmed "Doudou" Djerbrani, in the orange vest, delivers the food French supermarkets must donate to food banks by law.

French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food

Feb 24, 2018
Two years ago, France introduced a law to force supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities and food banks. Skeptics called it unworkable at the time, but there are signs the effort is succeeding.
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Vegetable chips made by Forager and granola from Pulp Pantry. They're among several companies using the fruit and vegetable fiber left over from juicing in new food products.

From Scraps To Snacks: Pulp Left Over From Juice Bars Is Reborn In New Foods

Feb 02, 2018
Juicing is all the rage – and produces lots of leftover fruit and vegetable bits. Once thrown out as compost, that fiber is now sneaking its way into snacks, breakfast foods and even burgers.
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A grande Cafe Nero, large Costa Coffee and venti-sized Starbucks to-go cups sold in London. The U.K. Parliament is considering a tax on disposable cups in an effort to cut down on waste.

U.K. Lawmakers Want To Battle Waste With A 'Latte Levy' On Disposable Cups

Jan 17, 2018
The British Parliament is considering a 34-cent tax on to-go cups to encourage diners to bring their own reusable containers. The goal is to replicate the success of Britain's tax on plastic bags.
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The Two-Way
An English grocery chain says it is now selling products up to a month past their "Best By" dates in an effort to reduce food waste.

To Cut Waste, U.K. Grocery Chain Will Sell Products Past 'Best Before' Dates

Dec 04, 2017
The company hopes to sell consumers on the idea, launching a marketing campaign with slogans such as "Don't be a binner, have it for dinner!" and "It's not nice to get dumped."
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The Salt
The finished product: <em>passatelli in brodo</em>, a traditional Italian dish perfect for a chilly day.

Less Waste, More Taste: A Master Chef Reimagines Thanksgiving Leftovers

Nov 24, 2017
Over this Thanksgiving week, Americans will toss almost 200 million pounds of turkey alone. Massimo Bottura helps us fight food waste by showing us how to turn leftovers into a world-class new meal.
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The fruit, nuts and other foods that Iskashitaa participants gather are sometimes dried and processed into jams, syrups and vinegar to raise money for the organization.

'Healing Through Harvesting': Gleaning Unwanted Fruit Helps Refugees In Need

Oct 26, 2017
A volunteer network not only gathers wasted, oft-ignored foods and turns them into healthy meals, but also provides community and opportunities for those whose lives have been radically disrupted.
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Anthony Bourdain Urges Americans To 'Value The Things We Eat'

Oct 17, 2017
In an interview with NPR's Here & Now about his new documentary, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, the chef drives home the size of the problem and the importance of changing our perspective.
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The Salt
Overripe fuyu persimmons are an essential ingredient in Ventura Spirits' soon-to-be released persimmon brandy.

Creative Distillers Tackle Food Waste, Redefining 'Getting Trashed'

Oct 03, 2017
In an effort to transform edibles from trash to treasure, innovative mixologists are using bruised strawberries, cucumber peels and citrus rinds to make unique, socially-conscious craft cocktails.
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The Salt
Confusion over "sell by" and "use by" dates is one big reason why billions of tons of food are tossed each year. A new global initiative of food giants, including Amazon, Walmart and Nestle, aims to tackle that.

Global Plan To Streamline 'Use By' Food Labels Aims To Cut Food Waste

Sep 20, 2017
Confusion over "sell by" and "use by" dates is one reason why billions of tons of food are tossed each year. A new global initiative of food giants, including Walmart and Nestle, aims to tackle that.
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The Salt
McMaster's newest venture is Cub — a fine dining restaurant in London that opened this month. From rejecting plastic straws to making byproducts like whey the star of a meal — restaurants are approaching the challenge in different ways.

Warriors Against Waste: These Restaurants And Bars Are Aiming For Zero

Sep 14, 2017
Restaurateurs are challenging themselves to reduce the staggering amount of food waste that the industry generates. But can any viable business generate zero waste?

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