How can we identify key leverage points and opportunities for intervention in the food system to reduce waste?

Tackling what we eat, and how we produce our food, plays a key role in tackling climate change, reducing water stress and pollution, restoring lands back to ... Oct 11, 2016 ... The Louis Bonduelle Foundation has assembled a scientific file to better understand the mechanisms involved in food waste and share courses ... Learn what impact fats, oils and grease and other food waste affects your home's drains and pipes. Feb 9, 2024 ... Food that is produced but not eaten ends up in landfills and creates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. When food is wasted, all the resources used to produce ... Sep 26, 2023 ... In this article, we will explore the causes and consequences of food waste, focusing on its environmental effects, particularly on fruits and vegetables. In many cases, consumers buy large packages of food and end up throwing them away because once the package is opened, it will lose freshness more quickly as it ... May 10, 2024 ... 1. Overproduction. Leanpath data has shown that overproduction of food is the leading cause of wasted food in foodservice operations. A lack of ... Jul 29, 2019 ... The main focus here was to identify the cause of the FLW occurrence throughout the food supply chain. We have created a framework for FLW ... Jul 2, 2019 ... 40% of the waste in North America is caused by something other than the consumer, according to FAO. BCFN says it uses the methodology developed by FAO to ... Oct 8, 2018 ... Food is lost or wasted for a variety of reasons: bad weather, processing problems, overproduction and unstable markets cause food loss long ...