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19 October 2020
Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
By using an agricultural technique that doesn’t use soil to grow crops, a farmer is upending the traditional farming practices in Nigeria and offering job opportunities to those who might otherwise be unemployed. Hydr...
23 September 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Companies around the world are investing in “food upcycling,” which involves turning food waste that would usually end up in a landfill into new edible products. In 2019, member companies of the Upcycled Food Associat...
14 September 2020
London, United Kingdom
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800-1500 Words
At St George the Martyr church in London, an initiative to offer food to people that would otherwise have been wasted is taking on new meaning due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “community fridge” starte...
21 July 2020
Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
When the economy came to a sudden halt with the onset of a global pandemic, farmers were left with produce meant for the restaurant industry while families who lost incomes struggled to put food on their tables. For o...
NPR
Patrícia Monteiro
24 May 2020
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Photojournalism
800-1500 Words
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rafael Duckur, an organic food producer in Brazil, started Pertim, a network of farmers working to help families in neighborhoods who can’t meet their basic needs. The group buys food lik...
14 May 2020
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Do-Good Auto Coalition in northern New Jersey is recruiting car dealerships and automakers to help shuttle supplies and food to people experiencing economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. The closing of r...
The Counter
Karine Vann
18 April 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The bulk food aisle in grocery stories - where dry goods are weighed and put in containers that consumers can bring from home - is getting more attention as tech solutions arise to revamp this shopping experience. Fro...
5 April 2020
Czech Republic
Text
Over 3000 Words
Using cryptocurrency mining, technological innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking, Parallel Garden, a Czech-based initiative, is tackling unsustainable agricultural practices. The project seeks to increase local foo...
9 March 2020
Longon, United Kingdom
Text
Under 800 Words
At Gail’s, a UK bakery chain, its new “Waste Not” line of food repurposes day-old food into new menu items, reducing waste in the process. By reusing resources, as part of the circular economy model, Gail’s minimizes ...
EarthBeat
Catherine M. Odell
25 February 2020
Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The University of Notre Dame installed three Grind2Energy systems, which aims to reduce the amount of food waste from the campus’ dining halls. The systems process the waste and send it to a local dairy farm where the...
19 February 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
Food waste diverted from the landfill to anaerobic digesters can be used to create electricity. In Massachusetts, farmers and businesses participate in a waste-to-energy project in partnership with Vanguard Renewables...
10 February 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
To reduce food waste and address food insecurity on campus, Temple University students started a group messaging app to inform students about free extra food from events.
4 February 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Monitoring spikes in ethylene allows produce distributors to reduce food waste. The Philadelphia based company, Strella Biotech, uses sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) to track when produce begins to emit ethyl...
5 December 2019
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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1500-3000 Words
To reduce food waste, a pilot project in Connecticut organized by a professor aims to deliver the still-viable thrown-out products to a local food pantry. With the help of her students, the project has successfully he...
30 November 2019
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
Food waste typically ends up on in landfills, which exacerbates climate change, but in Massachusettes, dairy farmers are converting the waste into electricity. Food waste from around the state is gathered, grinded and...
26 November 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Finding alternatives for uneaten or imperfect food reduces waste. In Denver, multiple initiatives, ranging from the city’s Certifiably Green Denver program to tech startups and nonprofits, are working to tackle the pr...
24 November 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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800-1500 Words
Food waste often ends up in landfills, but the Wasatch Resource Recovery facility in Utah transforms the thrown-out food into renewable energy instead. Companies such as Kroger, Dannon, and Nestle send their food wast...
19 November 2019
London, United Kingdom
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1500-3000 Words
Finding ways to implement circular systems reduces the environmental impact of festivals. The London-based nonprofit, a Greener Festival, works with festival planners across Europe to make events more sustainable. In ...
19 November 2019
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Reducing the environmental footprint of travel and tourism requires curbing habits. Natural Habitat Adventures recently completed a “zero-waste” trip to Yellowstone National Park by implementing several strategies, in...
13 November 2019
Kooskia, Idaho, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Kooskia, a rural area in Idaho, local farmers are finding success in working with residents to make sure produce is being used to its fullest. From using the leftover apple chunks from cider-making to feed livestoc...
13 November 2019
Westlake, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Improving community nutrition requires making healthy food accessible and affordable. In Westlake, California, LaRayia’s Bodega provides healthy food at a convenience store price point of five dollars or less. Donatio...
31 October 2019
Cape Town, South Africa
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800-1500 Words
AgriProtein, a large-scale maggot farm in Cape Town, is one of many companies addressing the “long on waste and short on protein” problem the world is facing. Maggots provide protein sustenance for animals like fish, ...
Civil Eats
Karine Vann
28 October 2019
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Many supermarkets throughout the U.S. have made bulk food shopping available but have failed to take into account the packaging of these foods, which are oftentimes plastic. While some stores have committed to cutting...
10 October 2019
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Natural Habitat Adventures, a tour company, has run the first no-waste, week-long trip through Yellowstone. With ecotourism producing millions of pounds of waste per year, the group wanted to demonstrate that doing so...
27 September 2019
Saint-Denis, Paris Region, France
Video
3-5 Minutes
Les Alchimistes is a social enterprise outside of Paris that turns the 900,000 tons of food waste produced every year into compost that is then sold to farmers. The group is supported by industrial composters named Ti...
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