When most people think about food shortages, they picture dramatic images: empty shelves after a hurricane, or headline news about droughts in faraway countries. What rarely makes it into dinner ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. Over the years, the conversations we’ve been having about ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A Pinellas County nonprofit is expanding its reach to feed more families in need — all by transforming surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away. 360 Eats, a local ...

MUSKEGON, MI - A new composting program hosted at the Muskegon Farmers Market has already saved one ton of food waste from going to the landfill after one month in operation. Green Michigan is a ...

Thousands of households have been given new food caddies ...

MILFORD, DE- On Monday, the Food Bank of Delaware introduced a new food digester, a solution it says could help tackle the state's food waste problems. The ORCA, short for Organic Recycling Conversion ...

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

In 2022, the Japanese artist Ichio Usui fixed googly eyes to the sort of food that often gets wasted – aubergines, squash, pineapples and the like. Japan has one of the highest food waste per capita ...