Cutting waste is one of the food world's top priorities. Up to 40 percent of all the food we produce ends up in the trash, and there are programs up and down the supply chain to try to pare that down.

I f food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of CO2, after China and the United States. In our nation alone, we throw away some 63 million tons of food a year ...

Fresh produce is increasingly going to waste as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on the nation’s supply chains. Farmers are finding it difficult to sell their products and distributors are ...

While plenty of food waste happens in our own homes, it also happens on farms. The USDA estimates that a third of all produce from farmers goes uneaten, amounting to about $161.6 billion in waste ...

Unlike commoditized crops like wheat and soy, fresh produce is not traded on a commodities exchange, ... Yet much of food waste in produce occurs in the post-harvest side of the business.

How to Keep Your Produce Fresh for Weeks (Hint: It’s Not Always in the Fridge ... A few simple strategies can help you enjoy your fresh fruits and vegetables longer—and minimize food waste.

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But Roger Gordon, who founded the Food Cowboy startup to rescue and reroute rejected produce, believes that the waste is built into the economics of food production. Fresh produce accounts for 15 ...

Americans waste 92 billion tons of food every year — that's 38% of all the food in the country (via Feeding America). A little over half of the food waste in the U.S. comes from the food ...

Of the 59 million pounds of food collected this year, City Harvest will rescue 600,000 pounds of fresh produce from local greenmarkets and deliver it to 500 soup kitchens, food pantries, and other ...

Here’s Why You Should Consider Buying Frozen Produce Over Fresh Right Now. ... But only 2% comes from frozen food — so there is a lot less waste of frozen food than fresh." ...

With around 50 vendors and 100 shelves of fresh produce, the store offers local growers an alternative to traditional farmer’s markets — allowing them to sell their produce year-round.