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Make Food Not Waste's game-changing plan for Michigan

Michigan-based Make Food Not Waste has an ambitious five-year plan to divert 1 billion pounds of food waste from the state's landfills. Here's how they'll do it.

AdvocacyApril 7, 2025Danielle Todd
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Date labels and food waste: Here’s what to know

Confusion around food date labels leads 88% of consumers to discard food that's still good. Standardizing date labels could lead to lower food waste in the US.

Food LabelingFebruary 28, 2025Sara Ribakove, MBA
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Why food waste matters to your pocketbook and the planet

Nearly 40 percent of our food is lost or wasted in the U.S. Here's why food waste matters and why what we do at home can make a big difference.

SustainabilitySeptember 19, 2024Caitlin Dow, PhD
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How to curb your own food waste

Nearly half of all food waste in the U.S. happens in our homes. By planning better, storing smarter, and using food wisely, we can all help reduce food waste.

SustainabilitySeptember 19, 2024Caitlin Dow, PhD
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Peter's Memo: Protecting our planet

At the Center for Science in the Public Interest (Nutrition Action’s publisher), our advocacy work has focused broadly on diet and health. With the climate crisis looming, it would be short-sighted to not also consider the impact of food on our planet.

SustainabilityMarch 20, 2024Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
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DC Council bill falls short of needed improvements to jail food

Government AccountabilityFebruary 6, 2024Jessi Silverman, MSPH, RD
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How reducing waste can lower your “foodprint”

Our food system churns out enough to provide every man, woman, and child with 3,800 calories a day. But only 2,550 of those calories get eaten. With 70 percent of adults and 35 percent of children overweight or obese, we’d be better off eating even less. Even so, those 1,250 wasted calories lead to greenhouse gas emissions, thrown-away resources, and higher prices. What can we do?

SustainabilityMarch 23, 2020Caitlin Dow, PhD
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No Bad Apples: How to cut back on food waste

“The government needs to compel the whole industry to prevent food waste rather than pushing the problem onto consumers,” says Jennifer Molidor of the Center for Biological Diversity. But you can still do your bit. “If there were a cash register on top of the garbage can that said, ‘Cha-ching! You threw away $32.73 of food over the past week,’ that might provide motivation to toss less,” says Ohio State’s Brian Roe. Here’s what may help.

SustainabilityMarch 23, 2020Caitlin Dow, PhD
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What do the date labels on food actually mean?

Food packages often list a “sell by,” “best by,” “enjoy by,” or “expiration” date. But if you don’t “enjoy by” that date, does it mean you’ll get “sick after”?

Food SafetyFebruary 27, 2020Caitlin Dow, PhD
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10 myths about food poisoning

Do you throw out milk the day it hits its expiration date? Or assume it’s unsafe to refreeze thawed meat? And when was the last time you sanitized your sponge? Here are 10 food safety myths that may surprise you.

Food SafetyJanuary 23, 2020Caitlin Dow, PhD
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