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April 14, 2025

Driving Change: Volunteer Management and Engagement in Food Recovery Operations

Food recovery operations in urban areas depend on volunteers to collect, repackage, and distribute surplus food. RECIPES is partnering with Manna, Food Rescue US, and the Maryland Food Bank to […]

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March 23, 2025

Tackling Food Waste in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Every year, vacation destinations generate significant amounts of food waste, leading to both environmental and economic concerns. The hospitality sector, particularly hotels and resorts, often faces challenges in managing surplus […]

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February 20, 2025

Welcoming the new cohort of RECIPES Fellows!

We are excited to introduce four outstanding new Fellows joining RECIPES in our mission to advance food waste research and sustainable solutions!  Dr. Trishnee Bhurosy – Assistant Professor, University of […]

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November 13, 2024

Have agricultural and applied economists lost sight of the land-grant mission? A Textual Analysis of Presidential Addresses and Invited Papers from 1919-2022

Established to serve public needs in agriculture, education, and research, land grants are being reflected upon by agricultural economists with relation to their role. This study analyzes 4,001 invited papers […]

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September 20, 2024

A Tale of Tenets and Tensions: Our journey to create a common language and collective understanding of “convergence” across the RECIPES Network.

Illustration by Steffanie Espat Long, long ago (back in 2021), in a land not so far away, the NSF SRS RN grant was bestowed upon the RECIPES network. Although our […]

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September 18, 2024

Co-Designing a Process for Food Donation Programs

The U.S. retail sector generated approximately 4.99 million tons of surplus food in 2022, sending 34.5% to the landfill or incineration, and donating only 19.5% (ReFED, 2023). Retailers recognize that […]

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September 10, 2024

Climate Leadership in Chicago’s Food Retail Sector

Students in the Spring 2024 “Design for Climate Leadership: Food+Waste” workshop at Illinois Institute of Technology volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Over the past 12 months, Illinois Institute […]

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June 26, 2024

Beyond Collaboration: RIT Visits UC Davis Campus

By Diana Rodriguez Alberto Earlier this year when planning for our trip to Sacramento for the 2024 North American Biochar conference, Tom and I saw the perfect opportunity to visit […]

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June 11, 2024

AU Award Winners for Wasted Food Education

Hannah Jardine (fifth from the left) is presented the Staff & Faculty Collaboration Award by AU executive cabinet members. RECIPES Fellow & AU professorial lecturer Kristine Beran and the AU Center for […]

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April 17, 2024

Bite Sized Nutrition Banter

Amelia Rowniewski, a first-year public health major at American University (AU), delivered a presentation titled ‘Bite Sized Nutrition Banter’ at the Mathias Student Research Conference on April 6th. The research […]

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