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Google is Creating Tools to Tackle Food Waste and Hunger at its Moonshot Factory
A Google offshoot has created two new programs which make it easy for food producers, suppliers, and commercial kitchens to route unneeded food to...
Democracy Made Delicious: ‘Pizza to the Polls’ Delivered Free Food to Hundreds of Thousands of Voters in Long Lines
As polling lines snaked around city blocks and stretched through neighborhoods across the country in 2020, a volunteer-led non-profit delivered more than 1.3 million...
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The World’s Largest Hunger Program
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the world’s largest humanitarian organization that feeds the hungry.
The World Food Program (WFP) won the...
Hormel Foods to Provide Free College Education to Children of All Its 16,000 Employees
Hormel Foods announced last week that it will begin offering two years of free college tuition to all the children of their American employees...
Teens Transform Liquor Store into a Needed Food Market, Choosing The Best Way To Serve Chicago
From darkness comes light. From despair comes hope. From passion comes change. In the wake of turbulent racial protests in America’s Midwest, a group...
This BBQ Joint Grills Up Comfort Food For Storm-Ravaged Iowa Residents, Free of Charge
When straight-line winds blew through his beloved adopted home of Cedar Rapids, one local hero leapt into the fray with his own very special...
Washington Man Rescues 2.4 Million Pounds of Farmers’ Crops Going to Waste, Gets Them to Food Banks Across State
The Washington state nonprofit EastWest Food Rescue delivers truckloads of food that would be thrown out to food banks in western cities like Seattle.
Vermont Becomes First State to ‘Ban’ Food Waste, in Favor of Composting—And Cutting Landfill Waste in Half
Short of creating a new police department consisting of ‘Oscar the Grouch’ and his friends, Vermont has done almost everything it can to eliminate...
Kroger Buys and Redirects Dairy Farmers’ Excess Milk, Sending 50,000 Gallons Per Month to Food Banks
Though it’s difficult for food banks to stock this item, nutrient-dense milk is one of the most-often requested items. Now, in these critical times,...
California Will Start Paying Restaurants To Deliver Food to Seniors in Need
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced an exciting new plan in California to bring three nutritious meals a day to seniors in need, while providing...
Publix Supermarkets Are Buying Food From Struggling Farmers So They Can Use it to Feed Families in Need
Not only will the initiative benefit millions of families who rely on Feeding America for their meals, it will also help Florida farmers with their income.
Missouri Deer Hunters Donate 350,000 Pounds of Venison to Food Banks Across the State
Missouri’s Share the Harvest program, a goodwill mission that allows Missouri deer hunters to donate part, if not all, of their catch to charity,...
Man Launches ‘Uber Eats-Style’ Service That Rescues Surplus Event Food and Delivers it to Charities
Since B12Give launched in Toronto last May, the service has saved more than 11,000 pounds of food from ending up in a landfill.
In Just 2 Years, Lithuania Steals The Crown For Best European Recycler By Using an Expansive Return Program
Lithuania has implemented a deposit-return scheme encouraging consumers to recycle food and drink containers—and 92% of all containers have been returned.
German Supermarket Saves Over 2,000 Tons of Food By Reselling Items Other Stores Won’t
SirPlus, a Berlin supermarket, specializes in selling ugly, misshapen produce and mislabeled food products to consumers at 80% of its original price.
Rather Than Shredding Food Scraps With Your Garbage Disposal, This Device Collects It All for Composting
The ingenious and easy-to-install device allows homeowners to flush all of their food scraps down the drain for composting, rather than the trash.
In World First, Scientists Reprogram Bacteria to Exist Solely By Consuming CO2 From the Air
After years of careful work, scientists have managed to breed bacteria that exclusively consumes carbon dioxide from its environment.
Family Farms Use ‘Crop Mobsters’ to Prevent More Than 1 Million Servings Of Food From Going To Waste
An innovative online platform, CropMobster is solving the problem of food waste by helping family farms to find buyers and charities who want excess food.
On Anthony Bourdain’s Birthday, a Mental Health Program for Chefs Spreads to 22 More Restaurants
Spurred by the suicide of Anthony Bourdain, a California chef launched a mental health program for restaurant workers – and it's slowly picking up traction.
Determined Teen Siblings Who’ve Turned 15,000 Pounds of Food Waste into Compost Awarded Thousands to Continue
This dynamic young duo has saved thousands of pounds of food waste from ending up in landfills – and soon they'll be saving even more.