food waste

SDG 12 demands a transition towards improved resource efficiency, consideration of the entire life cycle of economic activities, and active global engagement in multilateral environmental…
The shocking fact that in Egypt, an average of 45% of crops are lost before hitting store shelves drove Farah Emara and her brother Omar…
This week, our guest is Patrick Crowley who founded Chapul 8 years ago when he came across a water-efficient source of protein … crickets. Since…
Apeel Sciences, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and recognized among TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, announced a $250 million…
The number of people going hungry has increased since 2014. An estimated 821 million people were undernourished in 2017. The prevalence of undernourishment has remained…
It is a special time of the year for Muslims across the globe: millions of devout Muslims are keeping a roza (daily fast from dawn…
Many people are unsettled by the best-before date and tend to throw away perfectly edible products – a completely unnecessary form of food waste. Depending…
According to the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, around 14.8 billion dirhams worth of food is wasted in the UAE every year. This…
According to H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the UAE must break a “habit of excess” in order to ensure the…

With little water, scorching temperatures, and not much arable land, the UAE currently imports 80% of its food. Can it go local? In an industrial…