Aug 13, 2025 | Intern
By: Maggie Anderson, Intern Photo from Unsplash Food waste in schools is a significant issue. A study published in 2019 found school cafeterias are likely to waste, on average, 27-53 percent of food served. Another study found each student, annually, will waste...
Jul 22, 2025 | Intern
By: Kayle Lauck, Intern photo from Unsplash From Confusion to Action: Your Role in Reforming Food Date Labels In our quest to create a more sustainable world, we often overlook a tiny yet significant culprit of food waste: date labels on our food. Those small stamps...
Jul 1, 2025 | Intern
By: Maggie Anderson, Intern Corporate responsibility initiatives aimed at reducing food waste can have a significant positive impact on both the environment and public health. In 2019, a new food loss and waste initiative was introduced called 10x20x30. This...
Mar 28, 2025 | Intern
By: Maggie Anderson, Intern While food waste is commonly seen as just discarded food in landfills, it also represents wasted resources used throughout growing and selling processes, such as water to grow the food, transport to bring the food from farm to warehouse,...
Mar 28, 2025 | Intern
By: Marie Adant, Summer 2024 Intern Preface As an intern this month [Summer 2024] at Foodrecovery.org, I wanted to dedicate a blog post on food policy implementation from both sides of the Atlantic. This interest dates back to the beginning of my internship, where my...
Mar 10, 2025 | Intern
By: Maggie Anderson, Intern We are in an era of rapid urbanization and growing concerns about food security. Two innovative approaches are emerging as powerful allies in the fight against hunger and waste: urban farming and food recovery. As cities struggle with the...
