Food waste is a big issue, and a whopping 40–50% of food waste happens right at home. Food waste contributes to climate change, and food production requires water, land, and energy. Wasting food means ...

Whether you’re building an outdoor compost pile or participating in a local pickup program, a dedicated countertop compost bin makes managing kitchen scraps cleaner and more convenient. The best ...

Most food waste doesn’t come from bad cooking or poor planning. It comes from small everyday habits that quietly pile up, like buying a little too much, forgetting what’s already in the fridge, or ...

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For grades k-5, explore how the food we eat affects ecosystems around the world as your students learn from our experts.

From buying ugly produce to reusing food scraps, Sullivan Scrap Kitchen chef-owner Terence Rogers shares how to be more sustainable in the kitchen for Earth Day and beyond. Food scraps are still ...

Tracking food waste can save you hundreds — maybe even thousands — of dollars a year. Here are some expert tips for how to eat what you buy and buy only what you will eat. Three-quarters of a red ...

Every banana peel, coffee filter and wilted lettuce leaf you toss in the trash ends up somewhere — and more often than not, that somewhere is a landfill. But there is a simple, practical alternative ...

Whether it’s stems and skins or past-their-prime protein and produce, you’re probably throwing a lot of perfectly good food in the trash. Such waste doesn’t come cheap. The average American throws ...