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02/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Produce suppliers are now using a chemical “freshness preserver technology” on your fruits and vegetables … but is it SAFE?

You may want to reconsider biting into that fresh apple. A GreenMedInfo article sounded the alarm about a cancer-causing, gene-damaging chemical liberally used by suppliers as a “freshness preserver technology” for fruits and vegetable. Used by the U.S. and more than forty countries, the carcinogenic and genotoxic chemical is made by AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., and it goes […]

11/25/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Can we feed the world organically? With some changes to the system, researchers say yes

It’s hard to find fault with consuming organic food, but those who are against it for whatever reason – like synthetic pesticide manufacturers – often claim it is not sustainable and would require too much land to pull off. Now, new research shows just how flawed that particular argument is. Indeed, a worldwide conversion to […]

03/06/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Researchers: 9% of the world’s food supply is thrown away or left to spoil

Unemployment and rising food costs have resulted in about a billion people around the world going to bed hungry every day – that’s nearly one in seven people who is officially starving. This problem is only likely to worsen, since the global population is growing at an unprecedented rate, and the United Nations Department of […]

02/08/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Zero waste: German supermarket sells only salvaged food

A new kind of supermarket opened in Cologne Germany this year. The supermarket, The Good Food, is different because they only sell salvaged food that would have been thrown away or left to rot. There are now three stores like this one in the European Union. The Good Food is unique because shoppers get to […]

12/16/2015 / By Vicki Batts

From leftovers to LEDs: Sustainable lights made from food waste

Even your leftovers might have a greater chance of achieving a bright future than you do. U.S.-based researchers at the University of Utah have recently developed an environmentally sustainable LED light through quantum dot technology. LEDs or light-emitting diodes are commonly used to light up electronics, Christmas lights and the like. What the researchers have done is […]

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