Articles Tagged with ''food waste''

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Study: Environmental sustainability, food waste remain top of mind for consumers

54% of consumers say it’s at least somewhat important that the products they buy be produced in an environmentally sustainable way.
September 18, 2019
Environmental sustainability and food waste are top of mind for many consumers, but there are sharp differences of beliefs and behaviors between different groups, according to a new pair of surveys by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, Washington, D.C.
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Terra Food & Agtech Accelerator enters fourth cohort to tackle waste, food safety

TERRA collaborators hope to test more specialized applications and products in high-tech, biodegradable packaging or generating edible ingredients from air’s upcycled carbon dioxide, among other innovations.
September 9, 2019
The Terra Food + Agtech Accelerator program and its founding partners RocketSpace, San Francisco, and Rabobank, New York, partnered with 13 innovative food and ag startups to kick off its fourth cohort.
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Study: America’s food loss problem starts with the consumer

This is the first study that’s said to offer a data-driven glimpse into the refrigerators of American homes.
August 30, 2019
Americans throw out a lot more food than they expect to, according to a new study released by researchers at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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Leading food experts issue global agenda to halve food loss, waste by 2030

This effort is designed to guide businesses, governments, civil society and others in the food system to play an active role in tackling food loss and waste, individually and collectively.
August 30, 2019
New research from top food and agriculture experts suggests the world is at a critical moment in the fight against food loss and waste.
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Kroger shares sustainability achievements from zero waste initiative

Kroger's food waste generated by retail stores decreased 9%, reducing both food waste and the greenhouse gases resulting from it.
August 13, 2019
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced the company's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste efforts reduced its supermarket food waste footprint (the overall food waste it produced) by 9% in 2018, as outlined in its 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report.
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Feeding America, Feeding Texas, Collaborative for Fresh Produce partner to fight food waste

To tackle hunger, the collaborative uses state-of-the-art technology and optimizes supply chain logistics to offer growers, shippers and wholesalers an outlet to address large-scale quantities of surplus produce.
June 12, 2019
Feeding America, Chicago; Feeding Texas, Austin, Texas; and the Collaborative for Fresh Produce, Richardson, Texas, partnered to address hunger and food waste in the Southwest and develop a regional model that can be scaled nationally.
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Research: Products from food waste market will observe CAGR 5% by 2029

Consumers in affluent countries are known for buying more food than required, and then tend to waste it, thus generating opportunities for products from the food waste market.
May 23, 2019
Products from the food waste market will observe a CAGR of 5% by 2029, according to research presented by Future Market Insights, Valley Cottage, N.Y.
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How supermarkets of the future can tackle food waste

Producing and selling food will become more environmentally responsible because sustainability and profitability both depend on the efficient use of resources.
Bjorn Thumas
May 7, 2019
Supermarkets of the near-future will have their business models radically re-shaped by innovations in-store, online and in the food industry supply chain.
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