Nutrition & Wellness
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From garden to plate: how schools benefit from growing their own produce
When Chris Collins left school aged 16 in the early 1980s, he wasn’t sure where his life was heading. “I just couldn’t sit still in the classroom,” he says. “All I knew was that I wanted to be outside.” Today, Collins has come full circle, dedicating much of his time to championing Read More...
Italy changes law to make all supermarkets give unsold food to needy
Italy is set to pass a law that will make supermarkets donate their waste food to charities. It will become the second European country to pass such laws after the French introduced a bill in February which bans supermarket throwing away or spoiling unsold food. The bill has recieved widespread Read More...
British supermarkets pledge to cut food waste 20% by 2025
Britain’s leading supermarkets have pledged to drive down food and drink waste by a fifth within the next decade. Retailers including Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons are backing a voluntary agreement, which also targets a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions created by the food and Read More...
This start-up sells cheap food as ‘hunger relief’
The U.S currently has a major food waste problem, with an astounding 40% of food grown in the country winding up in the trash. And yet despite this, nearly 50 million Americans are “food insecure” according to the USDA. To combat both these issues, one grocery store in a working class Read More...
Could jackfruit be the hot new meat replacement?
In the past decade, we have seen a number of advisories released, both from health experts and organizations to environmental and animal welfare activists, allurging the same message: people need to cut down their consumption of meat. In response, companies have been churning out a number of Read More...
High-tech ‘beans’ could reduce food waste
Handing a farmer a fistful of magic beans with the promise that they will improve his business might sound like something out of a fairy-tale. But, as Arthur C. Clarke put it, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The sensor-filled “beans” developed by Andrew Read More...
Dutch Scientists grow peas and tomatoes in ‘Martian’ soil
Live on Mars is getting closer as scientists, like astronaut and botanist Mark Watney in The Martian, are figuring out how to grow vegetables in the arid, alien soil of Mars. Scientists from Wageningen University in The Netherlands say they have had surprising success with crops grown in a Read More...
America's food waste problem is an opportunity to make money
63 million tons of food is wasted each year in the U.S, costing $218 billion annually in growing, processing, and transporting food that’s not eaten. A new report suggests there are plenty of good initiatives within the country that could make a dent in food waste if replicated on a large-scale. Read More...
Plant-based foods now have a lobbying voice in Washington
America is full of lobby organizations. The dairy and meat industries, for example, are making sure that their voices are well heard in Washington D.C. But, as science keeps confirming, their missions to maximize meat and milk in the American diet are not in the best health interests of the people. Read More...
Whole Foods and startups see potential in ‘ugly foods’
Produce is supposed to be perfect. Giant watermelons ripen on the field but won’t make it to market—too big to fit in the fridge. The same fate befalls curvy cucumbers or apples and tomatoes that exceed the width of a burger bun. Recently European supermarkets have adopted the ugly foods Read More...