Food Security

Largest Threat to Agriculture in Developing Countries: Natural Disasters

Alex Schirn Natural Disasters March 2, 2021March 2, 2021agriculture, aquaculture, crops, cyclone, developing countries, economy, Employment, fisheries, flood, Food Security, GDP, hurricane, jobs, magnitude, natural disaster, wellbeing

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, droughts, and floods severely damage essential agricultural assets. As a result, food security and cycles, livelihood means, trade flows, and economic growth are all disrupted. Most of the countries impacted

Is Coronavirus going to cause a viral awakening?

Chrystal Climate Change, Food, Health, Sustainability May 19, 2020May 18, 2020Avocado Green Mattress, COVID-19, Food Security, food waste, Meat processing plants, OnePoll, Recycling, WHO, working from home

Although there’s been plenty of images posted to social media by Fakey McFake and others, there are actually some real stories which demonstrate a silver lining to these unprec… uncer… downright scary times.

Super Simple Food Waste Fixes

Meghan Food, Sustainability, Waste Solutions April 28, 2020April 30, 2020Carbon Footprint, coffee, cooking, DIY, food loss, Food Security, food waste, home made, homemade, recipes, recycled, Recycling advice, reduce reuse recycle, repurpose, Reuse, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, upcycle, Zero Waste, zero waste lifestyle

Refrigerator packed with leftovers in containers.

On an average year, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally – one third of all food produced for human consumption. And that was before a global pandemic struck. Now, between panic buying at the grocery store, restaurants closing worldwide, and food supply chains scrambling to readjust to our new “normal”, experts say that number is bound to increase.

So, we’ve come up with a few easy food waste fixes to help you tackle waste at home, and keep your sustainability goals in mind even during a crisis.

Fighting Food Waste

Meghan Food, YouTube Channel January 2, 2020August 21, 2021best by date, expiration dates, farm to table, Farming, FDA, food loss, Food Security, food waste, harvesting, sell by date, Shipping, Sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living, USDA, use by date

Today, we’re talking about food waste. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year – one third of all food produced for human consumption.

Farm to Table to…Trash?

Meghan Environment, Food, Sustainability December 20, 2019December 20, 2019aesthetic food, best buy date, composting, expiration dates, FAO, farm to table, Farming, food loss, Food Security, food waste, harvesting, leftovers, natural resources, sell by date, supermarket, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable lifestyle, USDA, use by date, water shortage

Trestle table set for a feast. Plates of perfect food ready for sharing.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year – one third of all food produced for human consumption.

The SDGs are working! Sort of.

Dan Current Events, Environment, Sustainability October 11, 2019October 9, 2019#SDGs, drinking water, economic growth, education, empowering girls, Food Security, Gender Equality, general assembly, hunger, immunization, infant mortality, literacy, pollution, poverty, UN, unemployment, UNGA, water pollution

Blue sky, a few white clouds and green grass.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for all countries to promote prosperity, knowing that ending poverty will be deeply related to climate change. A total of 17 goals that couldn’t be loftier were

Land Degradation

Ben Carbon Sequestration, Climate Science, Food, Land Degradation August 21, 2019August 20, 2019Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, emissions, Food Security, Global Warming, IPCC, Land Degradation, Sustainability

Whenever we talk about the Climate Crisis, the first issues mentioned are usually about reducing our carbon footprint, living sustainably, removing fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy. Very rarely does anyone immediately think of how our