Apr 18 2017
The Feeding the 5000 toolkit is a guide to organizing spectacular and celebratory public events that tackle food waste and build strong movements to achieve real and sustained change. This …
Food
Apr 17 2017
Perspective
The first few months of 2017 have shown encouraging signs that last year’s momentum on food waste continues to grow. Voluntary guidelines to clarify date labels have been launched by …
Apr 07 2017
Perspective
Crisis is the new normal. In a world increasingly under pressure from different shocks - the effects of trade and labour movement in today's globalized world, repercussions from climate change, …
Mar 31 2017
Perspective
At times, reducing the 65.2 million tons of food Americans waste every year can feel like an insurmountable task. ReFED estimates that the U.S. spends $218 billion per year growing, …
Mar 29 2017
With 62.5 million tons of food wasted in the United States each year, there is much work to be done to
bring about substantial changes in the food industry that will …
Food
Mar 29 2017
Press Releases
NRI selected for an award of up to $500,000 to develop solution for increasing cassava shelf life, with the potential to enhance food security and increasing income for millions of …
Mar 29 2017
Press Releases
Nairobi, March 29th 2017 - Over 600 delegates have converged in Nairobi today to launch the first ever All Africa Post-Harvest Congress. The three-day event, whose theme is “Reducing Food …
Mar 13 2017
Perspective
Late last week, SXSW—the Austin-based conference and festival that explores the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries—made a bold statement.
In an ambitious blog post at the start of …
Feb 27 2017
Perspective
In July of 2016 I traveled to Iringa town, one of the largest maize producing regions in Tanzania. Iringa has a beautiful landscape, surrounded by rocky hills with gold maize …
Feb 27 2017
Perspective
Food loss occurs when crops rot before they reach markets. This is usually due to inefficiencies in the post-harvest management system, in the form of poor harvesting and handling methods, …