Define Food Miles in Simple Terms: What are they?
A digestible explanation of food miles.
How Do You Define Food Sustainability? What You Need to Know
Sustainability has become a major focus in the food industry over the last few years. Big companies like Unilever, Nestle, and ConAgra have set goals to lower their water use and carbon emissions by 2025. Their goals are based on Sustainable Development Goals devised by the United Nations. However, many of these efforts have faced…
What is Sustainability in Food? Why is it Important?
The word “sustainability” has recently become omnipresent in news headlines and plastered onto packages. The word is used in so many different contexts. However, its meaning is at the fundamental level is to continue in a healthy state through a balance of using, replenishing, and upcycling. This term can be used to describe many things,…
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The Problems & Opportunities for Food Waste
01.26.2021 By: Kelly D’Amico There are countless idioms in American culture which convey the importance of preventing food waste. These include: “Don’t waste food, there are starving people in Africa,” “Take what you eat, but eat what you take,” and a personal favorite, “don’t let your eyes be bigger than your stomach.” These phrases have…