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Inside the California factory that manufactures 1 million pounds of fake ‘meat’ per month
CNBC
Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown says the company is targeting meat lovers with its plant-based simulacrum.
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This top-secret food will change the way you eat
Outside
More protein than beef. More omegas than salmon. Tons of calcium, antioxidants, and vitamin B. In their secret R&D lab, the scientists at Beyond Meat concocted a plant-protein-based performance burger that delivers the juicy flavor and texture of the real thing with none of the dietary and environmental downsides.
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8 alternative protein sources to meat and dairy
Nanalyze
Animal-based foods make up the majority of our proteins today. But new alternative protein sources, from methane to plants, are changing what's on the menu.
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The opportunity cost of animal based diets exceeds all food losses
PNAS
With a third of all food production lost via leaky supply chains or spoilage, food loss is a key contributor to global food insecurity. Demand for resource-intensive animal-based food further limits food availability. In this paper, we show that plant-based replacements for each of the major animal categories in the United States (beef, pork, dairy, poultry, and eggs) can produce twofold to 20-fol
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Global demand for food to soar 80 per cent by 2100, scientists warn
Independent
Growing populations of taller, heavier people mean we are going to require much more food
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France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities
The Guardian
Legislation barring stores from spoiling and throwing away food is aimed at tackling epidemic of waste alongside food poverty
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Surplus food for the homeless is just an app away
CNet
On-demand smartphone apps are known for addressing the whims and desires of the comfortable. It turns out they can also serve the greater good.
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French MPs vote to force supermarkets to give away unsold food
The Guardian
Anti-food waste proposal, described as ‘a crucial measure for the planet’, passed unanimously in the Assemblée Nationale
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Denmark cuts food waste by astounding 25%. Grocery stores sell 'expired' food for cheap
Minds
Danish grocery store, WeFood, is making a name for itself by only selling food waste and people are lining up to get in on the discounted pr...
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Italy to change law to make all supermarkets give unsold food to needy
Independent
'We are making it more convenient for companies to donate than to waste'
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Food waste is the world's dumbest problem
Vox
Eat your peas! It’s the easiest way to fight climate change.This is the fourth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of Califo...
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Tesco pledges to end edible food waste by March 2018
The Guardian
Supermarket announces plans to donate surplus stock to local charities, and urges other chains to follow suit
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It's not you. Date labels on food make no sense
Vox
Food labels don’t mean what you think they mean.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOWhen people clean out their fridge, they look at whatever date ...
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Sharehouse: Small supermarket selling food rescued from bins for 'pay-what-you-can' prices opening stores across UK
The Independent
Customers at supermarket-style stores pay whatever they want for fruit, veg, bread, tins, cakes and even Nando's chicken – all rescued from going to landfill
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Circular economy to combat food waste
The Ecologist
The dual problem of waste and scarcity is prompting a return to circular economic thinking.
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South Korea once recycled 2% of its food waste. Now it recycles 95%
World Economic Forum
A compulsory recycling scheme in South Korea has dramatically cut the amount of food the country throws away. Here's how it works.
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Is France's groundbreaking food-waste law working?
PBS NewsHour
A third of the world's food goes to waste, but France is attempting to do something about it. Since 2016, large grocery stores in the country have been banne...
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Upcycling food waste into new proteins and ingredients
Food manufacture
How the three-year, multinational Pro-Enrich project aims to develop plant-based functional ingredients using food waste and how it ties into Tate & Lyle’s objectives
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Starbucks: Goodbye, plastic straws
NPR
Starbucks announced on Monday that it plans to get rid of plastic straws in its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020. Instead, the company said it plans to use recyclable plastic lids that allow sipping.
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'Morally broken' tax incentives mean homeless denied food left to waste
The Telegraph
Michael Gove has said “much, much more” must be done to tackle food waste as it emerged producers are “incentivised” to send their surplus to green energy plants rather than to charities that feed the vulnerable.