As for our international efforts, as you may know, the U.S. is pleased to have put forth a resolution on
the topic of food waste, to build awareness among environmental ministers and encourage action that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of dealing with uneaten food.
In food and environmental circles today,
the topic of food waste seems to be everywhere.
I applied to be a scholar at the 2016 «Waste Not, Want Not» conference because I was passionate about
the topic of food waste, an issue I saw as «low - hanging fruit» in terms of our ability to eliminate it.
Not exact matches
One
of the most shocking and inspiring
topics of the day, in my opinion, was the panel on global
food waste.
Its core
topic will be SAVE
FOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and wa
FOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and wa
FOOD, an initiative that was originally launched at interpack 2011, in partnership with the
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and wa
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose of counteracting food losses and wa
Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the United Nations (FAO), with the purpose
of counteracting
food losses and wa
food losses and wa
food losses and
waste.
Whilst the conference was focused around alleviating
food loss and
food waste, the actual breadth
of topics discussed, both formally by seminar presenters and more informally during networking opportunities in coffee and lunch breaks, allowed me to develop a «big picture» perspective.
During his time at WRI, he has worked extensively on the
topic of food loss and waste, having served as the lead author on the paper «Reducing Food Loss and Waste&raq
food loss and
waste, having served as the lead author on the paper «Reducing
Food Loss and Waste&raq
Food Loss and
Waste».
The additional speakers complimented her talk by addressing a wide variety
of topics encompassing farm losses, farm gate to fork initiatives (packaging, transport and processing), supermarkets and supply chains, and
food waste management and re-use; not to mention some innovative, and slightly scary (who'd have thought
of printed
foods!)
Visitors looking to gain some cross-sector knowledge will not to want to miss The
Food Forum sessions, which will see Martin Kersh, executive director of the FPA, cover topics including «food packaging from an environmental perspective», and «reducing food waste and extending shelf life&raq
Food Forum sessions, which will see Martin Kersh, executive director
of the FPA, cover
topics including «
food packaging from an environmental perspective», and «reducing food waste and extending shelf life&raq
food packaging from an environmental perspective», and «reducing
food waste and extending shelf life&raq
food waste and extending shelf life».
Among the most interesting
topics in the publication «It's time to end
food waste» is a closer look at the psychology
of food waste by Nina Waldhauer at the University
of Wageningen.
I'm so glad the Trib is examining the
topic of school
food waste.
Food waste in the West has become a hot
topic because
of its environmental and humanitarian implications.
Beginning in the 1950s, this included looking at the health and safety
of food products, water toxicity, hazardous
waste, and air pollution, along with many other
topics that grew in importance over time, she recalled.
The
topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset
of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable -
food movements.
The next three videos take a more humorous approach to the
topic — poking fun at the absurdity
of food waste.
A summary
of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 2012 issue paper on
food waste that adeptly frames the increasingly popular
topic and summarizes the opportunities to reduce
wasted food - and money - along its journey from farm to landfill.
It's far more effective to reduce the amount
of food waste that gets generated in the first place, and to have municipal, community, or neighborhood
food waste solutions managing the actual decomposition
of the organic matter, but that's a whole other
topic entirely.