With California’s new composting law in effect, state residents are now required to compost organic food waste. How does a college student living in a university apartment compost their organic waste? Learn how a USC college junior begins her composting...
Read moreFrom farm to kitchen to inevitable garbage can, uneaten food is the most common waste material tossed into landfills by American households. Over a third of all food produced in the United States goes uneaten and discarded into the same...
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Read morePesticides are not new to the agriculture industry, but our understanding of their health-impacts are. Learn more about our history with pesticides, and the most common ways these pesticides contaminate our water and the world around us. After, find out...
Read moreThe Amazon rainforest and its inhabitants have suffered greatly from deforestation, but there is still time to shape the future for the better.
Read moreSilicon Valley may now be able to provide an ethical alternative to blood diamonds; a product they’re calling “conflict-free” diamonds.
Read moreHousehold food insufficiency increased during the pandemic, but food insecurity has been a longstanding problem in the U.S. Let's unpack why food insecurity existed prior to the pandemic and is here to stay in one of the richest countries in...
Read moreFood insecurity is the limited availability of nutritionally adequate or safe foods and affects millions of Americans.
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