Environment
Environment
Wasted Food Lays a Heavy Burden on the Climate
Apr 13, 2016 As obesity levels soar, cutting the vast amount of food we waste could have a major impact on reducing the effects of climate change -- as well as alleviate world hunger.
Coalition to Wage War on Food Waste
Jan 25, 2016 A new global group says food that fails to reach consumers or is dumped as waste could instead save lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
If We Stopped Wasting Even Just a Bit Less Food, We Could Feed Everyone on Earth
Aug 12, 2015 According to the United Nations, it wouldn't take much to keep the world's most vulnerable from going hungry.VIDEO: John Oliver: We Waste a Third of Our Food While American Families Go Hungry
Jul 20, 2015 The "Last Week Tonight" host lists the moral, environmental and, yes, even financial reasons why, as a country, the U.S. needs to stop wasting so much food.
Food Waste Worsens Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sep 14, 2013 The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says food wastage across the world -- totaling 1.3 billion tonnes of food annually -- is the largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions after China and the USA.
