Got a bunch of holiday leftovers? Study shows how freezing food could reduce food waste
Spectrum News 1 | 12/26/2025
As the New Year arrives, with it comes the end of the holiday season, but one thing seems to linger on: leftovers. While it could be a challenge to try to eat it all before it goes bad, many may think to put it in the freezer…. Read More
New UC Davis tool helps industry upcycle food byproducts and reduce waste
New Food Magazine | 10/06/2025
A new UC Davis database catalogues agricultural leftovers like tomato skins and pistachio hulls, helping food innovators reduce waste and upcycle resources… Read More
US vacation renters are wasting $2B worth of food every year: Study
The Hill | 07/10/2025
An average of $12 worth of uneaten groceries, takeout and restaurant leftovers are landing in the trash on a daily basis… Read More
Hotels Waste 79,000 Tons of Food Per Year. Can AI and Fish Crackers Help?
AFAR Media | 05/27/2025
Kitchens are trimming waste thanks to biodigesters, buffet cancellations, AI-enabled trash cans, and other creative solutions… Read More
Ph.D. student channels her resilience into solutions
RIT News | 04/22/2025
Katie (Masaryk) Malarkey ’04 (physics) uses her good days for good. It’s a simple ethos that guides her life… Read More
Is the Doggy Bag Dead?
New York Times | 03/18/2025
Restaurateurs in big cities have noticed a somewhat surprising shift in diner behavior…. Read More
Multistakeholder Group Looks for Systemwide Answers to Food Waste Problems
Waste 360 | 02/12/2025
Despite a national goal to cut food waste in half by 2030, the U.S. is falling behind, with waste increasing to 91 million tons in 2021. To address this, the NSF-funded RECIPES research network is uniting academia, nonprofits, and businesses to… Read More
To Reduce Food Waste, Collaboration and Partnerships with Local Regulators is a Must
Market Scale | 09/20/2023
The United States needs to reduce food waste. Solutions exist to make it happen, but without collaboration, transparency, and partnerships that include local regulators, all those efforts could be for naught… Read More
RECIPES project aims to expand knowledge of food waste in pursuit of a more sustainable food system
The Eagle | 03/16/2022
American University faculty and students are working at the forefront of an interdisciplinary project that spans 14 institutions to research existing food systems and use that…. Read More
Waste Not, Want Not—Solving the Challenge of Food Waste
Illinois Tech | 2/15/2022
In the United States, it’s estimated up to 40 percent of food produced is never eaten. Food is being wasted at every step of the food supply chain that connects farms to…. Read More
UAlbany Contributes to NSF-Funded National Research Network to Address the Challenge of Reducing Wasted Food
University of Albany News | 2/01/2022
In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food security and… Read More
A Recipe for Change
AU Magazine | 11/01/2021
If wasted food were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gasses on the planet behind China and United States. And yet, one in four people around… Read More
Food education program aims to reduce food waste and improve nutrition
ACES News | 10/22/2021
If wasted food were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gasses on the A University of Illinois research team plans to develop a food education… Read More
RECIPES National Science Foundation Award
American University | 10/11/2021
Video on the grant announcement of the Multiscale Resilient, Equitable and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies (RECIPES)… Watch
EHE researcher to be part of National Research Network to Address Food Waste
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | 10/11/2021
In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten. This waste has a significant negative impact on climate, food security and the economy. In conjunction with a… Read More
Reducing food waste with $15m grant from the National Science Foundation
Innovation News Network | 10/07/2021
The National Science Foundation has awarded $15m in grants in the fight towards reducing food waste and increasing food security. In the US alone, almost 40% of all food… Read More
RIT researchers part of $15 million NSF grant aimed at reducing food waste
Eurek Alert | 10/05/2021
In the United States, nearly 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to business and households, decreased food… Read More
RIT researchers part of $15 million NSF grant aimed at reducing food waste
RIT News | 10/04/2021
With the United States moving toward an ambitious goal of halving food waste by 2030, a new $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be used to… Read More
$15 million grant is awarded to university researchers finding solution to food waste
The Washington Post | 9/30/2021
If America went grocery shopping, it would leave with five bags of food and empty two into the street, according to estimates by experts from the Natural Resources Defense… Read More
Ohio State researcher part of $15 million NSF grant aimed at reducing food waste
Horti Daily | 9/30/2021
In the United States, nearly 40% of all food produced is never eaten. This anomaly results in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food…. Read More
American University Leads NSF-Funded National Research Network to Address the Challenge of Reducing Wasted Food
Cision PR Newswire | 9/29/2021
In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food security… Read More
Morgan Joins New National Research Network to Take on Challenge of Reducing Wasted Food
Morgan State News | 9/29/2021
In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food security and… Read More
American University Leads NSF-Funded National Research Network to Address the Challenge of Reducing Wasted Food
AU Communications | 9/29/2021
In the United States, 40 percent of all food produced is never eaten, resulting in lost resources, economic costs to businesses and households, decreased food security and… Read More
RECIPES for Change: AU Lands Historic Grant to Study Wasted Food
AU News | 9/28/2021
A five-year, $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research wasted food is the largest externally funded award in American University history… Read More