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How The Government Is Reusing Almond Shells

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.

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This Ramen And Sake Mashup Is Fighting Food Waste With Sake Kasu

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

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8 Desserts Starring Overripe Bananas, A Food Waste Culprit

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.

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The Best Food-Related Panels At South By Southwest

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

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Food Waste Recipe: Kale Rib Risotto From Blue Hill's Nick Hukezalie

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.

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Juice Pulp Is Reborn In These Colorful Snacks

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

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Chips, Bananas, Cocktails: This Week In Food Waste News

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.

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This Week's Stories From The Wide World Of Food Waste

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.

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France Takes Top Prize In Global Food Sustainability (Again!)

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.

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5 Stories From The World Of Food Waste This Week

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.…

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Seattle Seahawks Serve Potatoes Grown From Food Waste

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

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How Crops Will Become The Building Blocks Of Future Construction

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.

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Ed Begley Jr. Is Very Passionate About Food Waste

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…

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Watch A Waste-Reducing Community Fridge In Action

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

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Juice Company Dumps Orange Pulp, National Forest Flourishes

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…

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WASTED! Documentary Has Theatrical, On Demand Release Date

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.

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Akhtar Nawab Creates Corn Magic (And More) At Alta Calidad

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…

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Six Excellent Reasons To Start Composting This Week

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…

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Pickle Company The Real Dill Achieves Zero-Waste Status

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

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Graeter's Ice Cream To Benefit Baby Hippo: This Week In Food Activism

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.

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Cut Down On Food Waste, Make Perfect Pantry Cookies

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!

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Mario Batali And Co. Gear Up To Fight AIDS: This Week In Food Activism

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.

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Salt & Straw Is Creating New Ice Cream Flavors From Food Waste

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)…

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