food waste
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The World Wastes 1 Billion Tons of Food a Year, and It’s Frying the Planet
If you’ve ever overstuffed your fridge and let some leftovers go bad in the back of it, you’re not alone. People toss more than 1 billion tons of food in the trash every year, according to a new United Nations report. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Eating To Save The Planet Isn’t Just About What I Eat, It’s About What I Don’t
In three weeks of eating a diet that was devised by scientists to sustain a planet with 10 billion humans, I’ve learned about my own relationship with food and the ups and downs of eating in 2050. This week, I looked in my fridge and realised there’s one thing I’ve really been struggling with.
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Researchers Just Figured Out A New Way To Keep Apples Fresh For Weeks
Our current solution to apples that start to soften (just bake them into a pie) has been working darn well. But a new method could give us apples that stay crisp for several weeks.
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Here’s How Many Resources We Burn On Food No One Eats
Whether you’re counting by kilojoules, kilograms or dollars, the world is wasting a huge amount of food. But there’s also another way to measure it: The quantity of resources we burn up for nothing at all.