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The Economics of Food Waste: Financial and Health Implications
While food waste is commonly seen as just discarded food in landfills, it also represents wasted resources used throughout growing and selling processes, such as water to grow the food, transport to bring the food from farm to warehouse, and warehouse to grocery store. This creates significant monetary losses across the entire supply chain, imposing economic burdens at all levels. By understanding and addressing the issue of wasted food more fully, communities can see significant financial benefits while simultaneously improving public health outcomes.

From France to the United States: A Transatlantic Perspective on Food Cultures and Policies
It is commonly assumed that food waste from country to country depends on people’s cultural perception of food. This idea can mean differences from portion sizes, to the conception of food in an anthropological sense.
ChowBank Food Recovery App Acquired by MEANS Database
Today at the World Food Prize Foundation’s Iowa Hunger Summit, MEANS Database announced their acquisition of Des Moines-based food rescue app ChowBank. Since its debut in 2015, ChowBank helped users like Eat Greater Des Moines as the organization rescued nearly twenty...