Solutions like vacuum skin packaging help answer food waste issues with packaging innovations that extend food freshness.

Global RIFF (Revolution in Food Fund), San Francisco, is a new breed of FoodTech venture capital fund looking to transform an unsustainable and unhealthy food system.

The vast majority of Americans are paying attention to reducing food waste with the oldest being the most cognizant, according to a Food Literacy and Engagement Poll conducted by Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, Mich.

Wasatch Resource Recovery (WRR) opened the doors to what is said to be Utah’s first anaerobic digester for food waste.

Consumers typically associate the food industry with corporate social responsibility, according to a study released by Clutch, Washington, D.C.

Hy-Vee, West Des Moines, Iowa, launched Flashfood, what is said to be the first and only mobile app that partners with grocers to help reduce food waste by allowing shoppers to browse and purchase food items approaching their “best before” date at significantly reduced prices.

France's aggressive measures to tackle food waste, promote healthy lifestyles and adopt eco-farming techniques helped it rank the world’s most food sustainable country for the second year in a row, according to an index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, UK, and the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation, Italy.

DuPont Industrial Biosciences, Wilmington, Md., broke ground on a new site at the Leiden Bio Science Park in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands.

Based on responses from more than 700 food industry leaders across Canada, The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste report identifies approximately 30 root causes of food loss and waste.

Advanta, Vienna, Va., outlines which countries are at the forefront of smart labeling.