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2024 3M Truth in Science Award, Large Newsroom finalist

Don’t waste food

About the Project

Humans grow and waste food at a staggering scale.

We devote half the earth’s habitable land to food production, while ultimately tossing one-third of that food.

Simply using the food we grow and buy keeps planet-warming gases out of the atmosphere, leading to climate benefits we could feel in our lifetime.

There are countless ways we’re advised to live more sustainably – drive an electric car, fly less often, don’t eat meat, shop local. And yet, there’s another environmental action that’s relatively unintrusive and low-cost: reducing food waste.

One story, “The other greenhouse gas” breaks down the science behind this argument. The other helps readers and organizations understand the many avenues for food waste reduction.