Nourishing the Planet TV: Reducing Post-Harvest Waste

by NourishingthePlanet

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.

In this week’s episode, research intern, Matt Styslinger discusses how in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 239 million people are hungry, more than a quarter of the food is lost before it can be eaten due to waste. Innovations in improved food storage can be an important tool for reducing world  hunger. From hermetically sealed bags developed by Purdue University to metallic silos in Afghanistan, innovations to improve food storage and reduce food waste are helping to improve food security around the globe.

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Energy HOME + Gardening Friday: Composting with a Cone

by A Siegel

Every day, I strive to Make Energy CENTS from the Home to the Globe.  Whether programming the thermostat to low temperatures overnight to providing comments on national energy policy drafts to opening discussions as to Energy COOL technologies and concepts, my efforts to Energize America to a prosperous, climate friendly future cross a broad spectrum.

Some of these steps are new and others were, well, almost learned in the womb.  One of my earliest family chores was taking out vegetable scraps to the compost pile. That moved into dumping grass clippings onto the pile when cutting the lawn came onto my 'to do' chart. And, well, even into getting praise from adding neighborhood clippings to enrich our soil as I grew into earning a few $s cutting laws.

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Reducing Waste in Our Schools' Cafeterias

by BadRabbit

I was recently a guest blogger on Mrs. Q's "Fed Up with School Kunch" blog and cross posted it here to share with the DKos community.  Here's a link to the original blog post. http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot...

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