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Kenya: Cutting food waste crucial to ensuring food security, experts say
2013-02-13 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Sticking to what's written on your shopping list, checking food expiry dates, cooking just enough but no more and a few other simple practices can help curb global food waste, which amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes of food every year, experts say. This is vital at a time when climate change and population growth are reducing the availability of food for millions of vulnerable people around the world, they add. "With the World Bank warning of the possibility of a four-degrees-centigrade temperature...
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Food waste contributes to global warming, but change is possible
2013-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: More than a third of the world's entire food production is lost or wasted annually. Both the European Union and the United Nations have, separately and unanimously opted to launch their own campaigns to raise awareness of the issue. On top of that, many NGOs are already tackling waste. However, there is only one-way to go: make sure that the food gets from the farm to the fork. A report published by the UK's Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in January 2013 has found that almost half...
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Reduce food waste dramatically with simple acts, says UN
2013-01-22 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Small but simple actions by consumers and food retailers could dramatically cut the 1.3bn tonnes of food lost or wasted across the world each year, according to an unprecedented global campaign launched on Tuesday. Requesting smaller portions at restaurants, freezing leftovers and donating to food banks can help make a difference, says the UN-led Think, Eat, Save: Reduce Your Foodprint campaign, while retailers and supermarkets should be carrying out audits and working more closely with their...
Kid Gloves: Food Waste Composting in Oakland Schools
2013-01-09 18:18:00| Waste Age
Oaklands Green Gloves program teaches students the importance of composting. read more
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