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Feb 22 2019
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In three weeks of eating a diet that was devised by scientists to sustain a planet with 10 billion humans, I’ve…
Dec 12 2018
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Nov 15 2017
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Buying an organic avocado at Whole Foods may make you feel warm, fuzzy, and morally superior to conventional…
Sep 6 2016
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We eat fish and throw away the scales. But now researchers have figured out a reason those fish scales might be…
Jul 26 2016
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Our current solution to apples that start to soften (just bake them into a pie) has been working darn well. But a…
Jul 21 2016
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The United States wastes over 140 trillion calories of perfectly good food every year. A national survey just…
Jul 5 2016
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By 2026, there’s going to be a lot less hunger worldwide—and that’s something to celebrate. The reason is not that…
Jun 27 2016
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Picky shoppers only choosing the most perfectly-shaped and blemish-free produce at grocery stores has led to a…
Apr 7 2016
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Whether you’re counting by calories, pounds, or dollars, the world is wasting a huge amount of food. But there’s…
Feb 5 2016
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A new law passed unanimously by the French Senate makes it illegal for supermarkets to throw away or destroy unsold…
Nov 20 2015
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Fresh vegetables have a reputation for being a little more pricey than their frozen or canned counterparts. Here’s…
Sep 25 2015
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Almost half of all U.S. seafood is plucked from the seas and deposited directly into the trashcan, according to a new study on global seafood consumption. The majority of the waste, say researchers, is taking place in our kitchens.
Aug 5 2015
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We waste an incredible amount of food—and a lot of it is because we just don’t like the way it looks. Here’s one way…
Jul 7 2015
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Unable to figure out how to offload the small ocean of milk they’ve produced, dairy farmers have landed on an…
Jun 12 2015
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We know that Americans throw out a lot of food, but, hey, why are we doing it? A new survey tries something new to…
Apr 16 2015
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Not all the food we produce is eaten — so just what are we doing with it all?
Feb 9 2015
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Wasting food is a problem all over the world, but are all kinds of foods equally likely to be wasted? The answer is…
Jan 22 2015
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Food waste is a problem all over the world, but how it happens — and what that looks like — changes wildly across…
Dec 3 2014
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A new study examines how various insects act as tiny trash disposals in New York City's public spaces. Incredibly,…