September Content Spotlight: Sustainability

From tackling food waste to the quest for biodegradable packaging, our September Content Spotlight is all about promoting sustainability across the global food system. Below, find solutions-oriented resources like how to achieve net-zero food production, “future-proof” supply chains in the face of climate change, and reduce plastics. Listen in as experts discuss the national strategy to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. And learn about how promoting sustainable practices ensures that future generations have access to nutritious and abundant food. 

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Food Technology

• Future-Proofing Supply Chains Against Climate Change
• Ground-Level Solutions Toward Net-Zero Food Production
• On the Road to Net Zero: Next-Generation Agriculture
• Can Food Brands Help Reverse Climate Change?

On-demand videos

• Zero Waste Day: Tackling Waste—Good for People and for the Planet
• Demystifying Life-Cycle Assessments to Foster Innovation and Sustainability
• Plastics vs. Planet: The Race to Reduce Plastics for the Sake of Human and Planetary Health 

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

• Developing Active and Intelligent Biodegradable Packaging from Food Waste and Byproducts: A Review of Sources, Properties, Film Production Methods, and Their Application in Food Preservation

• Waste to Protein: A Systematic Review of a Century of Advancement in Microbial Fermentation of Agro-Industrial Byproducts

Journal of Food Science

• A Consumer Evaluation of Salt-Reduced Tomato Soup and Vegetable Juice Made with Grape Pomace

Sci Dish podcast

• The EPA’s Recipe for Food Sustainability
• DEI’s Role in Supporting a Sustainable Food Ecosystem

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