Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends up wasted, totaling over a billion tons globally according to recent reports ...

VACAVILLE, CA - APRIL 20: A tractor drives past piles of compost at the Jepson Prairie Organics compost facility April 20, 2009 in Vacaville, California. Norcal Waste Systems is collecting food scraps ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

Each year, roughly 1.3 billion metric tons of food goes to waste worldwide, according to United Nations data, or roughly one-third of everything produced for human consumption. Each year, roughly 1.3 ...

Food waste is an enormous environmental and economic crisis that demands urgent solutions. Each year, an astonishing 1.03 billion tons of food is wasted globally—enough to feed 1.26 billion hungry ...

Most people don’t set out to waste food. And yet, we’re pretty much all guilty of it. It happens everywhere in our food system. Tomatoes that don’t meet product specifications get left on the vine at ...

Los Angeles County faces a significant paradox: while 2.5 billion pounds of food (equivalent to 2 billion meals) are wasted annually, one in seven residents experiences food insecurity. This disparity ...

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...

It’s no secret that New York City, like many densely populated urban areas throughout history, has a trash and rodent problem. Mountains of bloated trash bags —many containing food waste that attract ...

FREE FOR ALL: “We strongly believe that no fresh food should end up in the landfill when our neighbors don’t have enough to eat,” says Food Connection Executive Director Marisha MacMorran, pictured ...