From CFAES’ “Chow Line” column, here are tips for how to pack your lunch for work or school with less waste.
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Waste less food, make less gas
“Food waste is one of the greatest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and it’s something that nearly everyone can address in their daily lives.”
An app (and more) for that? Study offers ‘intriguing glimpse’ into ways to cut household food waste
Individualized coaching coupled with an app for tracking could help families greatly reduce some types of food waste, in turn helping combat climate change.
That’s a finding from a recent study co-led by Brian Roe, holder of CFAES’ Fred N. VanBuren Professorship in Farm Management.
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Discovering best ways to minimize food waste
A $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation will establish the first national academic research network on wasted food in the United States, and Brian Roe, holder of the Fred N. Van Buren Professorship in Farm Management in the CFAES Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, is set to be one of its co-principal investigators.
Learn more about Roe and CFAES fighting food waste.
A look at ways CFAES is helping fight food waste
Fighting food waste is yet another front in the CFAES purpose of “We Sustain Life.”
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Beauty when it comes to good nutrition, fighting food waste
Explaining the value of misshapen vegetables—that they are as healthful as their picture-perfect counterparts and that buying them helps reduce food waste—could help improve sales of “ugly” produce, suggests a new study whose senior author is a researcher with CFAES.
‘Know more, waste less’
“As future leaders in the food and agriculture industry, we believe it is our social responsibility to consume and produce food in a conscientious manner.”
So says CFAES PhD student Aishwarya Badiger in our latest CFAES Story, which looks at her work with Know Food Waste, an award-winning CFAES student group.
They’re showing the hows and whys of fighting food waste
Food waste rotting in landfills emits methane, a greenhouse gas that makes climate change worse.
But an award-winning group of CFAES students is doing its part to fight the problem, starting at home on the Ohio State campus.
Continue reading They’re showing the hows and whys of fighting food waste
CFAES sustainability news, March 22, 2021
As millions go hungry, here’s how to reduce food waste in PA
Patch, March 19; research by Danyi Qi and Brian Roe, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, cited
Free gardening webinar series geared toward plant lovers with physical limitations
Wooster Daily Record, March 18; featuring Laura Akgerman and Pam Bennett, OSU Extension
CFAES sustainability news, March 8, 2021
WCMH-TV, Columbus, March 8; featuring Yolanda Owens ’07, CFAES alumna and president of CFAES Alumni Society
17 percent of food wasted globally, UN report finds
Baltimore Sun (via AP), March 4; featuring Brian Roe, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics