Reducing food waste to reduce emissions and hunger

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With rotting food emitting 3.3 gigatons of greenhouse gases while 800 million people in the world remain hungry, efforts to donate food are piling up

After the biggest eating fest of the year in the United States - Thanksgiving Day - food waste is likely piling up in dumpsters and landfills, as leftover asparagus, squash, turkey, potatoes and pie get...

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