Sophie Chapman always envisioned a landfill as a faraway place. It wasn’t until she took a field trip to the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill with the local youth organization Compost Clubhouse that ...

Brett Reinford with cows at the farm. You may have heard about farms using anaerobic digesters to handle manure and generate electricity. The digesters also come in handy for keeping food scraps out ...

As the school year kicks off in Wake County, many parents are focused on providing nutritious meals for their kids. But beyond health, there’s a growing concern about the environmental impact and ...

Tracking food waste can save you hundreds — maybe even thousands — of dollars a year. Here are some expert tips for how to eat what you buy and buy only what you will eat. Three-quarters of a red ...

As the world focuses on how to address climate change, a school in Los Angeles offers a way to getyoung people involved in addressing the issue. U.N. climate talks are wrapping up in Dubai. Some of ...

Food waste has often been regarded as an inevitable by-product of today’s food systems, but tackling it is emerging as a critical lever for climate change mitigation, improved resource use and ...

Food waste, and food loss which occurs when food is lost before it reaches consumers, are a global challenge. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about one third ...