SEBAGO — When students show up for lunch at Sebago Elementary School, they start at a salad bar stocked with cucumbers, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, carrots, peaches and bananas. The students serve ...

Barnesville High School started a meal repack program, giving students access to leftover meals while reducing food waste in the district. Barnesville High School’s meal repack program provides ...

Vegetables are seen on display at a grocery store in River Ridge, La., Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert, Copyright 2018 The ...

A Wake County student pushes a cart in the SHARE (Stop Hunger and Restore Earth) program. The Wake County school system and Towards Zero Waste have partnered in a program to recover unopened packages ...

We have a problem with food waste in the United States. According to a study done by the nonprofit ReFED, an estimated 31 percent of the U.S. food supply was wasted in 2023. This amounted to 63 ...

Scientist and author Anita Vandyke shares her tips for living a zero waste life. After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed ...

Millions of tons of food are wasted each year in the United States alone. About 35 million tons, to be specific, according to the latest ReFED report. Nearly one-third of food that is grown and ...

Fruits and vegetables are a key part of a healthy diet, but they can be particularly subject to waste of various types. The produce industry is actively seeking to minimize those losses The US Food ...

The Ministry of Education (MOE) is stepping up efforts to integrate campus waste treatment with agrifood education and other concepts as the nation looks to ban the use of food scraps as pig feed next ...

According to state officials, Washington residents generate more than 1 million tons of food waste each year. That amounts to approximately 300 pounds per person and accounts for an estimated 20 perce ...