DENVER, Colo. — In some cities, trash from restaurants makes up 25% of the garbage going into landfills every single day. Restaurants are only second in producing food waste to families in their own ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ned Daryoush runs his family’s kabob restaurants in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore that his father founded 30 years ago. Food is at his family’s core and his father’s legacy. “My ...

Food waste, substances intended for human consumption that are discarded or recycled, is a part of our everyday lives. Whether it’s an unfinished meal out, spoiled food in the fridge, or inedible ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. No one, except maybe Sesame Street's ...

We close out Climate Solutions Week with a look at the final step in the food system: waste. Roughly 30-40% of all food produced globally gets... This restaurant is reducing food waste with "trash pie ...

Laura Lee readily acknowledges that one plastic bag of cucumber peels and scallion roots won't change the world. But the scraps from a recent morning of prep work for her Columbus food truck, Ajumama, ...