News flash: This isn't waste! 🥦🍏🍅🫑🥬  We need to eliminate that word from our vocabulary - this is surplus grocery food and unfortunately, this is after donations can occur. There are a lot of problems within our food system and prioritizing food to humans is number one. Followed by

👏 In summary: 1) Food is the second largest source of global emissions, and a shift to more plant-based diets is the most effective way to reduce these; 2) Methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas, about a third of which is caused by livestock - and reduction of this methane

I'm often asked where to start, so here are a few of my favorites. (Just a starting point, not comprehensive!) Read: ⭐️ Climate Tech VC - https://www.ctvc.co/ ⭐️ Project Drawdown - https://drawdown.org/ ⭐️ Canary Media - https://lnkd.in/dphXchZQ ⭐️ MBA EDGE - https://www.mba-edge.

🥛 Will the dairy sector participate in an environmental impact showdown? Plant-based milk giant Oatly has issued the dairy industry with a challenge. Specifically, to follow its lead and be honest about its climate and environmental footprint. Oatly completed a lifecycle assessment of its oat milk lines. The results, it claims,

Technology has revolutionized the way farmers grow crops and raise livestock, making it possible to produce more food with fewer resources. Advances in areas such as precision farming, genetics, and automation have allowed for greater efficiency and productivity on farms around the world. For example, GPS-guided tractors can plant seeds

🌍 We are literally trashing our planet. Gregg Segal photographed his friends, neighbors, and strangers from California, lying in their own trash, made in one week. Even though trash is a global issue, there are vast differences: The average American produces 2.2 kg of trash/day. Average Dutch = 1.7

🗑️ AgFunder wrote a nice article about our new #foodwaste estimates, and I really like that they highlighted the (very small) amount of surplus food that ends up being donated – less than 2%! And that's despite the fact that 80% of that surplus total is edible food that many

🇺🇸 The amount of food waste in Los Angeles County is staggering, with 4000 tons being thrown out every day. Even more alarming is the fact that some of this food waste is perfectly edible. It is a tragic irony that in a country where millions go hungry every day, so

🍊 One broad brush measure could be to halve food waste and loss outright, which would cut 4.65 gigatons of CO2-equivalent emissions from the global picture each year, or a quarter of emissions from food prediction overall, they found. By Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability  #meat

🇦🇺 I am beyond excited to introduce our latest adventure to fight food waste – a bright yellow tram! Thanks to the wonderful initiative by Yarra Trams Community Partnership Program, thousands of commuters in Melbourne will get the chance to see our Use It Up tape emblazoned across some of the most

🌍 Here are five potential policy recommendations for supporting climate action and preserving biodiversity: Invest in Renewable Energy Sources: Shifting away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric power can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while promoting economic growth. Governments should invest in research and

🗑️ One-third of all food produced globally by weight is lost or wasted between farm and fork — that's more than 1 billion tonnes. Converted into calories, this equates to 24% of the world’s food supply going uneaten. At the same time, 1 in 10 people globally remain malnourished.

Cucumber from just 150' of row. In this 4 acre field, there was 40,952 pounds of #foodloss due to market conditions. Fresh, healthy, safe. This food is ready to distribute and eat. The cucumber that I harvested for sampling were donated to my local #foodbank. The field was

👏 Incredible news! 👏 New York has pledged to incentivise lower meat more plant-based diets as part of a drive to cut its food-based emissions. New York hospitals already have plant-based meals as the default option (though people can choose meat if they want to), which has massively increased uptake. And NY

Fruits and vegetables are essential parts of a balanced diet, yet many Americans struggle to incorporate them into their daily meals due to various reasons. One major deterrent is the perceived risk associated with consuming produce due to concerns regarding pesticide residues. However, according to the USDA's Pesticide

🌱 Which one is your favorite? 🥛 Did we miss any? By Plant Based News #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability  #meat #plantbased #climatecrisis #vegan #plantbase #diet #climate #change #nature #zerowaste #agriculture #health

🌍 So how about some math! If there are this many marketable #sweetpotatoes in one 10' x 20' sample area, how many are there per acre? Easy question! I'll just give you the answer because nobody likes to do math while scrolling social media. There were an

🥦🍏🍅🫑🥬 Put an expiration date on everything. That way, you'll know if it's still edible! #foodsharing #foodwaste #foodshare #sustainability  #meat #plantbased #climatecrisis #vegan #plantbase #diet #climate #change #nature #zerowaste #agriculture #health

🍌 When we throw out food, we don't just waste a meal. We waste all the water and energy that went into producing it. Commonly wasted food includes: - Bread - Milk - Vegetables - Fruits Learn more about food waste and its impact at blog.foodshare.club #foodsharing

Who has regrow vegetables 🥬 from cut-off root like me? 🤣 Nothing is going to waste in nature way🤓 Nature has designed food not One Use product like we do, but with unlimited potentials. It’s matter the fact, we can see it in her eyes. By Wendy Zhou #nautremadeaffordable #uglyisdelicious #uglyisnewhope

🌍 We are all in a relationship with mother earth. Unfortunately it's an abusive relationship, in which she gives us love and we mistreat her. Thats why the below video was my favorite piece of social media content from the earth day weekend. We need to be better than

🍽️ According to the USDA, around 40% of all food produced in the US is thrown out and now, food waste is the single largest contributor of methane emissions. We need to give more of a fork about our food! Our green can go a long way when we focus on

🌍 Let's talk about the major culprit of the climate crisis: Meat consumption! 🍖 On Meat Exhaustion Day, we reach the maximum recommended meat consumption allowed to remain healthy, and within planetary boundaries. Based on the scientific Planetary Health Diet, FOUR PAWS calculated the Meat Exhaustion Day for different countries