Yahoo

How our global annual food waste of 1bn tons fuels climate change

Global food waste helps to drive climate change due to the methane released by decomposing organic matter. With emissions from food loss and waste now nearly five times the emissions from the aviation ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

How to cut down food waste (and fight climate change)

Tossing out overripe avocados, wilted greens and sour milk isn't just costing you money — it's also contributing to climate change. Reduce your... How to cut down food waste (and fight climate change) ...
NPR

Creative ways communities are reducing food waste

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. When we started working on this ...

Brightly Expands Its Food-Rescue Climate Model Globally, Bringing Climate Finance to Hunger Relief at Scale

Food rescue sits at the intersection of two urgent global challenges: hunger and climate change.”— Andy Levitt BOSTON, ...
Food & Wine

Here’s Why You Should Consider Buying Frozen Produce Over Fresh Right Now

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...
WHYY

Composting and feeding food waste to animals have big climate benefits, study finds

File: Decomposing food scraps at Bennett Compost in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing ...
NPR

Is getting food delivered worse for the climate? Sometimes it's better

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. There's a whiteboard on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change

An estimated 316 million pounds of food will be wasted in the U.S. on Thanksgiving — half a billion dollars’ worth of groceries thrown away in a single day. It takes an area the size of China to grow ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Teen Climate Activist Who Turned Her Food-Waste Science Project Into a Foundation

This year is expected to be the hottest on record, but 18-year-old activist Shrusti Amula is refusing to feel down about the future of the planet. Instead, she’s working to reduce the impacts of ...

US Food Waste Pact reports progress on diversion

The data shows increased composting and anaerobic digestion in 2024, though retailers’ still wasted $26.9 billion worth of ...
OPB

Is getting food delivered worse for the climate? Sometimes it’s better

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. There’s a whiteboard on the ...