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Combatting food loss and waste is a key component of the fight against climate change. Each year, 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted or lost. Oftentimes, when we think of food loss or waste, the socio-economic impacts of...

Is that a delicious green smoothie? No, it’s a big mug of algae. Americans could be surviving and thriving on an algae diet within three decades, according to a studies.[...]

Are you looking to spruce up your wardrobe this spring? Well, we've got the season's eco-fashion garment for you — a wearable garden vest that thrives on your urine...

3D-printed food has arrived. With options coming to the marketplace from a variety of companies, those high-capacity printers from a few years ago that took eight hours to produce a small, basic shape have evolved into a...

Year after year, cities expand and pristine natural habitats are turned into farms and pastures to support the world's growing population. But despite our encroachment into the environment, we still struggle to feed everyone....

This incredible skyscraper is more than just eye candy—its modular and farm-integrated design was created to fight world hunger and poverty. Designers Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski proposed the Mashambas Skyscraper...

Of the many things threatening the world’s food supply, the element with the ability to wreak the most havoc hasn’t made many headlines. Researchers are now warning that waning phosphorous levels could devastate food...

Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years as the direct result of El Niño, which is currently creating chaotic weather patterns in various parts of the world...

PlantLab’s vision is that our growing population will have access to affordable, safe and nutritious food via urban farming. “The farmers of the future will be in the basements, not the fields,” predicts PlantLab's...

PlantLab’s vision is that our growing population will have access to affordable, safe and nutritious food via urban farming. “The farmers of the future will be in the basements, not the fields,” predicts PlantLab's...

Every year you come across those stories that warm your heart and lift your spirits. Whether it involves a tough old lady who refused to back down to developers or a teenager with a brilliant idea that could save the oceans,...

How many times have you bought a bunch of bananas only to have them go brown in a matter of days? And how many times have you thrown away wilted salad? Kitchen designer Noel Dempsey sent over this food waste infographic,...

Irish teenagers Ciara Judge, Émer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow, all 16, have won the Google Science Fair 2014. Their project, Combating the Global Food Crisis, aims to provide a solution to low crop yields by pairing a...

Though some may balk at the proposal, eating insects can change the world for the better. They're efficient to produce, healthy, and absolutely delicious. They take only 8-10% of the resources needed for the production of...

X-TU Architects describe the scheme as a "reversed and spectacular landscape," in that food is grown on the vaulted ceiling and walls rather than on the ground...