What Is Spoiled Milk Good For, and Can You Drink It?
Contrary to popular belief, spoiled milk may have a place in your next culinary pursuit. Not to mention, using spoiled milk in recipes is a...
Top 10 Emerging Technologies (7): Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging
World Economic Forum (WEF) asked a group of international technology experts to identify this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies. Today: Food tracking.
Here’s how we solve the planet’s food waste problem
Earlier this month, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a dire report highlighting the enormous environmental impact of agriculture. But the report also...
Sex lives of flies could be key to tackling food waste
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has revealed how a “secret recipe” to encourage Black Soldier Flies to mate can help tackle food waste.
Study Finds Farm-Level Food Waste is Much Worse Than We Thought
Unharvested crops dramatically bump up estimates of U.S. food waste. But some farmers—who get demonized for working within a system they didn’t create—are seeking solutions...
The Case Against Paper Straws
The bright, cold, bitter tang. The soft notes of walnut and dirt. The anticipation of the jolt of electricity. The feeling of wet cardboard in...
Food Waste as a Renewable Energy
As terms such as climate security and food security came together, an important solution to the energy problem emerged: food waste-based energy.
Meet the woman using maggots to fix our food waste scandal
When Olympia Yarger started farming maggots, it’s because she couldn’t afford to feed sheep, cattle or even chickens. She figured maggots – which can be...