Food Waste

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced a key step toward achieving zero waste-to-landfill status across its North Carolina processing facilities. Smithfield will achieve this goal with support from its newest partner, Waste Connections...

Imperfect, a company focused on fighting food waste by finding homes for cosmetically imperfect fruits and vegetables, announced the East Coast expansion of the company's operations with a new distribution center in the Baltimore area. This...

Food trucks crank out hundreds to a thousand or so meals a day, generating mega volumes of wasted food, utensils, cups and containers. And it’s up to their customers to dispose of their trash in the nearest bin—there is no waitstaff to pick up...

Many families are preparing for the upcoming holiday season—a time for togetherness typically spent around the dinner table filled with food, drinks and holiday cheer. What many of these families do not realize is that about half of the fresh...

In October, James Beard Foundation launched the multiyear Waste Not initiative designed to encourage culinary professionals and consumers to reduce food waste...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the “Winning on Reducing Food Waste”...

Advancing the food banking model globally will play a critical role in achieving the zero hunger sustainable development goal, according to a new report from The Global FoodBanking Network...