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Half of world's food is thrown out, wasted: Study
Jan 10, 2013
Up to half the world’s food is wasted -- that’s the conclusion of a study by Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Four steps toward a climate-friendly diet
Dec 17, 2012
We won’t stop climate change through individual action alone, but together, we can make a real difference. Here are some steps to climate-friendly habits.
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Bringing the climate fight to the table
Dec 17, 2012
Low-emissions cooking aims to slow global warming one plate at a time -- with good food.
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Greece's diet crisis: Greeks abandon traditional foods, and an obesity epidemic is the result
Oct 29, 2012
More than 10 percent of the world's population is malnourished, but an even larger proportion is overweight. Greece has one of the highest rates of child obesity, despite having one of the world's healthiest cuisines.
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Supermarket sweepstakes: Africa's small farmers encounter the modern grocery store
Sep 26, 2012
The spread of modern grocery chains could lift millions of African farmers out of poverty -- or ruin them.
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Spilled and spoiled: Exploring two worlds of food waste
Aug 27, 2012
An alarming amount of the food we produce is never eaten. It’s a huge waste of land, water, labor, fuel and other resources. How to limit the losses? That depends on where we live.
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Spilled and spoiled: In the U.S., consumers are the food wasters
Aug 27, 2012
Where food is cheap and plentiful, consumers are the biggest wasters -- whether at home, in restaurants or at school. But how much of this waste is preventable?
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The hidden costs of hamburgers
Aug 2, 2012
Americans love hamburgers -- we each eat an average of three a week. But what are the hidden costs?
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Vietnam expands fish farms, not without risk
Jul 23, 2012
Soon most seafood consumed worldwide will be farmed, not wild. Vietnamese farmers are raising pangasius -- sold in U.S. and European markets as "catfish" -- on an industrial scale, while researchers and environmentalists seek to make fish farming both efficient and environmentally safe.
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Soil is ground zero in African farming debate
Jun 4, 2012
Ghana's farmers face tough choices in search for fertility boost.
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Half of world's food is thrown out, wasted: Study
Jan 10, 2013
Up to half the world’s food is wasted -- that’s the conclusion of a study by Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Four steps toward a climate-friendly diet
Dec 17, 2012
We won’t stop climate change through individual action alone, but together, we can make a real difference. Here are some steps to climate-friendly habits.
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Half of world's food is thrown out, wasted: Study
Jan 10, 2013
Up to half the world’s food is wasted -- that’s the conclusion of a study by Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Four steps toward a climate-friendly diet
Dec 17, 2012
We won’t stop climate change through individual action alone, but together, we can make a real difference. Here are some steps to climate-friendly habits.
"Food for Nine Billion" is a multi-platform media project that examines the challenge of feeding the world at a time of growing demand, changing diets, rising food and energy prices, shrinking land and water resources, and accelerating climate change. It is a collaborative project of Marketplace, Homelands Productions, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and PBS NewsHour.
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