This week, leaders from around the world will gather in New York for the UN General Assembly. Climate change, conflict, and poverty will all crowd the agenda. But one issue on many people’s radar is food waste. It might not grab the headlines, but the need to tackle it is urgent and compelling.
Perspectives
Thursday, March 30, 2017
A recent report from the Champions 12.3 coalition underscores the fact that the global community is capable of tackling the long-running issue of food loss and wastage if all players in the food ‘supply chain’ take action. The challenges are well defined, the incentives are many. But are we doing what is necessary?
Thursday, March 30, 2017
From my vantage point in a village in the English countryside, party politics in America are certainly eye-catching. The question for any leader looking to break a stalemate is, what areas of common ground can be found? To my mind, there’s a really clear option.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Imagine a land mass greater than China. Now imagine that land is only used to produce food. Then suppose all the crops and produce from those 2.5bn acres are not eaten. Imagine all of that – and you have grasped the amount of food the world wastes every year.
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Tesco has revealed its food surplus redistribution initiative, Community Food Connection, has so far helped serve five million meals to more than 3,300 community groups and charities since its launch less than a year ago.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Across the globe, more than one-third of food that is grown and produced for human consumption ends up lost or wasted. And in the U.S., where one in five children face the risk of going hungry, food waste represents the third-largest category of waste in landfills. In America alone, $218 billion is spent growing, processing, transporting and disposing of food that is never eaten. Those numbers don’t even address the social impact of food waste, a facet that is often overlooked, perhaps because it is more difficult to quantify.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Imagine, if you will, a disaster movie monster wreaking havoc on the planet. Its thirst drains Lake Geneva of its water three times a year, its hunger devours a third of all of Earth’s food, and its breath emits greenhouse gases at a level outpaced only by the U.S. and China.
Opinion Editorials
Paul Polman on Fixing a Broken Food System
Author: Paul Polman
Source: Wall Street Journal
We have a collective responsibility to halve food loss and waste
Author: Liz Goodwin
Source: Thomson Reuters
Clock Ticking on Food Waste
Author: Dave Lewis
Source: Huffington Post
¿Amas la naturaleza? Deja de tirar comida
Author: Yolanda Kakabadse
Source: El Pais
Future of Food: Reducing Waste
Author: Vytenis Andriukaitis
Source: Impakter
Food waste: how governments, financiers and consumers can play their part
Author: Sunny Verghese
Source: Thomson Reuters
Tackling food waste: something politicians can agree on
Author: Liz Goodwin
Source: The Hill
Curbing food waste saves money, as well as the planet
Author: Dave Lewis
Source: The Telegraph
Choose or Lose: Why Gisele and I Are Shifting to a Sustainable Diet
Author: Andrew Steer
Source: Huffington Post
Las ciudades de America Latina deben luchar contra el desperdicio de comida
Author: Yolanda Kakabadse
Source: esglobal
By Measuring Food Waste, We Can Manage It
Author: Louise Fresco, Peter Bakker, Paul Bulcke, Hans Hoogeveen, Paul Polman
Source: Thomson Reuters
The Food We Don’t Eat
Author: Liz Goodwin
Source: The Huffington Post
We grow enough food. Getting it onto people’s plates is the problem.
Author: Kanayo F. Nwanze
Source: The Huffington Post
There Is No Time to Waste on Food Waste
Author: Dave Lewis
Source: The Grocer
The Immorality of Food Waste
Author: Vytenis Andriukaitis
Source: The Huffington Post
A solution to hunger? Stop throwing dinner away: Column
Author(s): Judith Rodin and Sam Kass
Source: USA Today