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On a special episode (first released on November 13, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: While the U.S. is, on the whole, a wealthy country, currently one in eight Americans is food insecure. Meanwhile, ...

Food waste is a growing problem in our communities, and Detroit is turning to composting to tackle the issue, as reported by Planet Detroit. City officials say the pilot food waste drop-off program ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into ...

Reducing food waste isn’t just preferable, it’s crucial. So what is the industry doing to tackle the mounting problem and what more can be done? Food waste is a major issue for the world. It impacts ...

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

Tucked away on the kitchen countertop sits a bubbling, living goop in a jar. Each day, a mixture of flour and water feeds the beige concoction, commencing a ritualistic dance that summons wild yeast ...

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 ...

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...