Los Angeles County faces a significant paradox: while 2.5 billion pounds of food (equivalent to 2 billion meals) are wasted annually, one in seven residents experiences food insecurity. This disparity ...

Food waste is one of the most pressing challenges facing our economy, environment, and society. In the United States alone, nearly 38% of all food produced is wasted each year, amounting to 145 ...

Over the last five years, Lesly Baesens and her team have been enthusiastically digging through Denver residents’ garbage cans. They call the practice “waste auditing.” And with each unopened bag of ...

In 2022, households around the world wasted 631 million tons of food, the equivalent of 1 billion meals each day. This staggering number comes with heavy costs for household budgets, global hunger and ...

Neurospora intermedia, an orange mold, turns day-old bread into a cheesy treat when toasted (left). The mold transforms sugarless rice custard into a sweet dessert served at the Alchemist restaurant ...

You've probably seen it before—leftover food that could have been used, just being thrown away at a restaurant. It happens more often than you think. Every year, restaurants generate millions of tons ...