New calculations show that the European countries have great potential for reducing the demand for global food resources and the associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...

When I was in New York for Climate Week, I spotted a restaurant advertising “Save the planet, eat local.” Even at many of the events I attended, organizers went out of their way to highlight the local ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Noma Nazish writes about actionable ways to live well. New stats from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reveal that ...

Food scraps emit greenhouse gases like methane, which can instead be captured by wastewater plants that are designed to process organic matter.

Food has a major impact on the environment, given that the production, processing, transport, preparation and final consumption of the food require a lot of water, produce high carbon emissions and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grocery stores on the Pacific Coast have made the biggest reduction in food waste ever recorded in the United States, according to ...

A study by the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has identified the optimal combinations of taxes and subsidies for reducing the environmental footprint of food consumption. Researchers from the ...

Food waste is one of the most often overlooked contributors to climate change; it’s believed to be responsible for up to 11 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Since this waste occurs at ...

This time of year, bushels of rhubarb, potatoes, and lettuce can be harvested in abundance at The People’s Pantry, a community garden that doubles as a fresh food pantry in Blackpool, England. There, ...