USDA Scientist Invents New Uses for Produce

Tara McHugh, of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has overseen this alchemy as director of ARS’s Western Regional Research Center in Albany, California. Over the course of her career, McHugh has investigated ways to take food-processing waste and turn it into value-added products, such as fruit bars, vegetable crisps and even edible films made from produce.

Collaborative for Fresh Produce Fights Hunger by Fighting Food Waste

The Collaborative for Fresh Produce (Collaborative) is a new non-profit organization that is partnering with commercial farmers and food banks to fight hunger by fighting food waste.

No-Waste Grocery Stores not a Garbage Idea to Help Tackle Food Waste

A Vancouver store’s owner is part of a wave of environmentally conscious entrepreneurs who are opening no-waste markets across Canada in an effort to help Canadians and the grocery industry reduce waste amid a global garbage glut.