food-waste

Almond demand is increasing. What can be done with the shells and hulls of these nuts? The USDA is researching ways to put them to use.

New York's Ramen Lab is cooking with Brooklyn Kura's sake kasu this week!

The numbers are in: bananas are the top food waste culprit. Here are a few killer dessert recipes for overripe bananas to save them from the bin.

Food Republic and Zero Point Zero Production are headed to South By Southwest! Check out these panels we'll be speaking on.

Nick Hukezalie is chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in NYC, where he helps reduce food waste in the kitchen with recipes like kale rib risotto.

There can be no cold-pressed, fresh-squeezed or centrifugally extracted juice without juice pulp. Discover what innovative companies are doing with it!

People around the world are reducing food waste, and we take the utmost pleasure in reporting on it. Here are our favorite stories of the week.

People around the world are reducing food waste, and we take the utmost pleasure in reporting on it. Here are our favorite stories from the week.

Food waste-fighting France has retained its spot for the second year at the top of The Economist's Intelligence Unit's global Food Sustainability Index.

If there’s one thing we love talking about at Food Republic, it’s how people around the world are reducing food waste, keeping organic materials out of landfills and repurposing leftovers. From rehoming leftovers from local supermarkets and restaurants ugly produce delivery services, mindful reduction is all over the place. Everywhere you look, food waste is an issue that’s only gaining more momentum.…

Seattle's CenturyLink Field, home of the Seahawks, is taking a stand against stadium food waste. Would you like sustainably grown fries with that?

Did you know that corn cobs can be used in building walls of a building? Here's how other crops can be saved from the landfill and used in construction.

You know Ed Begley Jr. He's that actor from... you know, everything — he's insanely prolific. But did you know that Begley's a hardcore green activist as well? In addition to many other contributions to environmentalism, the California native loaned his famous face and striking know-how to a 2007 HGTV reality series (later picked up by Planet Green), Living With…

"A community fridge is a space where local people can exchange food," says Tessa Tricks, creative partner at UK-based environmental non-profit Hubbub.

Industrial food waste, or "set it and forget it" compost? That's the question a pair of ecologists set out to answer in 1997, in Área de Conservación Guanacastea, a Costa Rican nature preserve. Upworthy reports that Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs arranged for an orange juice company to deposit 12,000 tons of their orange pulp and peels…

The rights to documentary film WASTED! have been bought by Neon's boutique brand Super LTD. The film may be coming to theaters in October.

Chef Akhtar Nawab helms the kitchen at Alta Calidad, in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood. Previously the head chef at NYC Mexican hot spot La Esquina, Nawab also recently opened Fero at Birmingham, Alabama's Pizitz Food Hall. We sat down to chat about what it means to be a traveling Indian-American Mexican chef, and played a few rounds of…

Chances are, you've started gazing woefully at your trash can full of carrot tops, watermelon rinds, eggshells and coffee grounds wondering if now's the time to start composting. You may be wondering what you'll need to buy to kick off the process, or what it's like to navigate the world of composting from within a…

Denver-based pickle company The Real Dill has what many companies only dream about: zero-waste status. Learn all about it!

Those in Cincinnati can treat themselves to a scoop of Graeter's ice cream. New York business owners can get schooled in food waste next week.

Here's how to make cookies from whatever’s hanging out in your cupboard, cutting down on food waste in the process. It's one heck of a sweet, win-win!

June is right around the corner and will be dedicated fighting AIDS. Several events are planned in New York City and elsewhere throughout the month.

We know that Americans waste a whopping 40% of food. Portland-based ice creamery Salt & Straw is working on limited edition series of flavors made with local food waste.With other locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Salt & Straw is partnering with purveyors and gleaning organizations such as Urban Gleaners (Portland), Food Runners (San Francisco)…