food waste

If you want to save nearly three-thousand-dollars a year; waste less food.  An average family wastes $2,900 a year on food they throw away, and much of that can be prevented.  Jerin Dinkins, a Food Systems Specialist at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, suggests starting with leftovers.   "You can g...

Earlier this week, central Washington's representative Dan Newhouse and Maine’s Chellie Pingree relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Food Recovery Caucus, renewing efforts in Congress to combat food loss and waste nationwide as part of National Food Waste Prevention Week.  ...

Under a bill in the Oregon Legislature, restaurants and other food producers in the state would be required to recycle food waste.  Mandatory commercial food waste recycling would be phased in starting in 2028, under the bill.  State Representative Courtney Neron also wants to reduce food waste with a label change.   "Sell By w...

You are probably familiar with food date labels on items at your supermarket or food retailer.  You know: “sell by, use by, or best buy with a date on it”    Yet Greg Jaffe, senior adviser for the office of the Secretary under Secretary Tom Vilsack asked how might various food labels and indicate sell, use, or best buy dates impact food waste and in turn grocery cost.  He evidently is not the only

Oregon’s DEQ is relaunching the “Bad Apple” campaign, to encourage people to reduce the amount of edible food they throw away.  The DEQ’s Elaine Blatt said the on-air and online campaign is just in time for the holiday feasting season.   “We focus on mainly rais...

Odds are your jack-o-lanterns won’t be around long after Halloween this Thursday.  But, before you pitch that pumpkin, Susan Baker, Deschutes County Waste Diversion Manager, said you don’t want to put it in the trash.   “There is a way for folks to go ahead and compost their leftover pumpkins after Halloween. Also, remembering that if you h...

It's an effort within our nation going on almost a decade now.  “In 2015, USDA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a national goal to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030,” noted Jean Busby who has been involved in these efforts for several years now as USDA’s Food Loss and Waste Liaison.    That include...

The FDA, USDA, and EPA have published a draft of a national strategy to reduce food loss and waste in the United States by 50% by 2030.

The North American Meat Institute released a report Tuesday that sets transparent baselines that will allow the industry to measure progress and verify contributions to global climate goals.  With all of the Meat Institute’s large U.S. members, tho...

Registration is open for the Second USDA Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair on September 14th.  The virtual event showcases the latest food loss and waste mitigation technologies, innovations and programs developed by USDA, academic institutions, local governments, and businesses.     ...