IGCAT has officially announced the 7th edition of the European Young Chef Award that will take...
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UNWTO Gastronomy Tourism Forum highlights talent development and waste reduction
15 December 2022
by UNWTO
‘Gastronomy Tourism for People and Planet: Innovate, Empower and Preserve’ was the theme as...
MoreTackling food loss and waste: A triple win opportunity – FAO, UNEP
29 September 2022
by UNEP
FAO and UNEP issue call for action on International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and waste...
MoreFAO launches the UN’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021
16 December 2020
by FAO
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU...
MoreFood waste prevention is a UN sustainability goal
IGCAT has started tracking new trends and collecting information from partners across the globe...
MoreFood loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says on International Day
29 September 2020
by UN News
Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness...
MoreFood Film Menu 2020: Best Food Film connecting to the United Nations SDGs announced
The short film Table, Set Yourself from Aarhus-Central Denmark, European Region of Gastronomy...
MoreFood waste monitoring proven to reduce food waste
Food Waste Monitoring is proven to reduce food waste by up to 25% in the first 4 weeks! This was...
MoreScaling back: graduate invents plastic alternative from fish waste
20 September 2019
by R. Smithers
A bio-plastic made of organic fish waste that would otherwise end up in landfill, with the...
MoreMost people waste more food than they think—here’s how to fix it
30 April 2019
by Rachael Jackson
Food waste, that scourge that sends more than a third of our food supply to rot and is a major...
MoreMichelin-starred chef transforms food waste into fine dining for the disadvantaged in Paris
26 March 2018
by Ratiba Hamzaoui
Italian chef Massimo Bottura opened his sixth Refettorio community kitchen in Paris last week...
More5 ways wasting food hurts the environment (and 5 ways you can fix it)
18 September 2017
by John Hawthorne
Some estimates reveal that Americans waste as much as 60 million tons of food a year. Given the...
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