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Read all about it! Stay updated with the latest news about conserving food and reducing food waste.

EPA Region 3 goes behind the scenes at Reading Terminal Market to highlight food waste solutions

September 15, 2026

New research explains why some tailgate foods survive the heat, and some don’t

September 2, 2026

How to tell if leftovers have gone bad in the fridge, according to food safety experts

September 1, 2026

How to stop wasting so much food in your kid’s lunchbox

August 31, 2026

From kitchen scraps to California farms to your table: LASAN’s citywide OrganicsLA campaign reaches millions of Angelenos

August 25, 2026

The one thing you should do before storing leftover rice

August 21, 2026

Center for Food Conservation and Waste Reduction shares where to start with food conservation; how to share your tips and tricks

August 19, 2026

Tracking the next wave of state food waste policy in 2026

August 17, 2026

Bioengineer transforms food waste into food with fungi

August 15, 2026
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This work is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, project award no. 2024-68015-42110, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.