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Food Waste & Upcycling
Compost, donation networks, and creative second uses for scraps.
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Oyster Mushroom Mycelium Turns Forestry Waste Into Biodegradable Packaging
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (563+ words) Researchers in Mexico have shown that the root-like network of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, can bind a range of forestry and farm by-products into lightweight, biodegradable materials strong enough for protective packaging....
Beyond Vacuum Sealing: Beelicious Introduces FreshTrack Smart Vacuum Sealer for Smarter Food Management
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (550+ words) Beyond the Seal: A Smarter Approach to Food Management Vacuum sealing can help preserve food, but keeping a freezer organized is a different challenge. After a few grocery runs or meal-prep sessions, sealed portions can start to look alike, handwritten…...
Banana Peel Hydrogel Packed With Drought-Defying Bacteria Boosts Iron and
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (81+ words) Scientists in India have engineered a biodegradable hydrogel bead that carries a drought-tolerant bacterial consortium straight into the root zone of cowpea plants, and the results are striking. In pot trials described in the journal Discover Plants, the formulation nearly…...
Potato Peel Waste Heats Up as a Surprising Source of Clean Biogas Energy
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (654+ words) Every year, the potato processing industry in the United States generates enormous quantities of peel waste, a wet, starchy, and fibrous byproduct that most facilities pay to dispose of. A new study published in Waste and Biomass Valorization suggests that…...
Pomegranate Peel Extract Extends Shelf Life of Marinated Korean Native
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (106+ words) A fruit peel most people throw away may soon help keep one of Korea’s best-loved chicken dishes fresh for longer. In a study published in Food Science of Animal Resources, researchers at Kangwon National University found that adding a small…...
Understanding How Food Container Materials Respond to Hot and Cold Foods
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (100+ words) EIN Presswire There were 2,290 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 487,143 in the last 365 days. Understanding How Food Container Materials Respond to Hot and Cold Foods EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind....
‘Waste not, want not’ rings true at cookery demonstration - News - Carlow Nationalist
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (244+ words) Derek Oman from the Food Change Collective making dishes from leftover food at a cookery demonstration in An Gairdín Beo THE old adage of ‘waste not, want not’ came to mind recently when Carlow residents discovered practical ways to reduce…...
Chandler Keys Examines Push for Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (902+ words) Chandler Keys, who has lobbied on the issue extensively throughout his career, argues the discussion needs to account for how integrated the North American cattle industry has become. Part one of Keys’s discussion can be found here. Keys says the…...
Colorado???s???Tamale Act??? Will Open Home Kitchens to Foods Long Off-Limits
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (581+ words) Colorado home cooks will soon be able to legally sell tamales, burritos and other refrigerated or meat-filled foods made in their own kitchens under a major expansion of the state’s cottage-food law. The changes take effect January 1 under House Bill…...
Cambridge High student creates app to fight food waste
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (472+ words) MILTON, Ga. — Agasthya Chava, a 10th grader at Cambridge High School, created a phone app after noticing how forgotten groceries can lead to unnecessary food waste in families' homes. The app is called FreshTrack, and it is designed to help users…...