Danielle Nierenberg To begin this newsletter, I want to make sure that everyone reading this in the United States has information about how to register to vote and how to request a mail-in ballot. No matter your political affiliation, voting…
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Stopping Food Waste During COVID-19, One Grant At a Time
Danielle Nierenberg When the COVID-19 pandemic caused restaurants and creameries to shut down, goat farmers Blake and Andrew Place found themselves dumping 95 percent of their daily milk production because they couldn’t sell it. But with a grant from the…
Bridging gap between hunger and food waste during a pandemic
By Seema Sanghavi NEW DELHI, Apr 14 2020 (IPS) – On March 12, the first email came in. An email from a boutique hotel that said they needed to postpone their apron order. The hotel had decided to put a…
We’re worse with food waste than we think
Common estimates for global food waste are too low, according to Dutch researchers, who suggest every person in the world is wasting about 500 calories of food a day.
There’s an App for that: Reducing our food waste
Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Today, purpose-driven apps offer a new way to advocate for justice in the food system. Turning some of the industry’s problems into innovative solutions, these organizations and apps are transforming the paradox between two massive…