Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organization WRAP, the Food Waste Index Report 2021 reveals that between food wasted in homes, restaurants and shops, 17 per cent of all food is just dumped. Some food is also lost on farms and in supply chains, indicating that overall a third of food is never eaten.

In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead content. Because tomatoes are so high in acidity, when placed on this particular tableware, the fruit would leach lead from the plate, resulting in many deaths from lead poisoning.

A little less than three years ago at the Computer Science Museum in Mountain View, California, the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of celebrities, investors and entrepreneurs at Y Combinator’s August Demo Day promising a revolution in food science

Great Britain's greatest green thumbs break records every year.

The point is to get people to stop eating meat, not fix their diets.

A family doctor's recommendation to follow a whole foods, plant-based diet coincided with a life-changing turnaround in the fortunes of one patient – potentially triggering complete recovery from a mysterious and painful disease.

A new study reveals the impact of diet on cognitive health as we age. Researchers found cheese consumption had neuroprotective effects against cognitive decline. Daily moderate consumption of red wine was associated with improvements in cognitive function.

The point is to get people to stop eating meat, not fix their diets.

Hershey's plant-based chocolate could be coming soon. The candy giant announced its plans to launch vegan options in the near future.

The technique implies covering the inside of the conical bread moulds with a layer of fine sandy clay, heating the moulds up horizontally and shaping the dough in advance into elongated pieces.

Bill Gates is out with a new book on how to solve the climate crisis. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need follows his general history of emphasizing technological innovation over policy changes. But, in an interview promoting the new book, he did propose one dramatic behavioral change: People living in wealthier countries should switch to plant-based meat alternatives.

More than nine in ten Americans “are willing” to eat more fruits and vegetables, and more than half are open to giving up some red meat and chowing down on more plant-based meat alternatives, according to a new survey of more than a thousand adults in the US by Yale and the nonprofit Earth Day Network.

Food regulators have classed fruit juice as less healthy than diet cola under new guidelines confirming Australian health star ratings (HSR) on food packaging will focus more on sugar content.

The European Food Safety Agency has found that the yellow mealworm is safe for human consumption, paving the way for EU-wide sales.

Alow-fat, plant-based diet is superior in achieving weight loss when compared to a standard Mediterranean diet, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. The randomized crossover trial was conducted by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)—a group of 12,000 doctors.

The Center for Food Safety is challenging the FDA's approval of a color additive used to make Impossible Foods’ plant-based burger appear to "bleed" like

The number of people who are food-insecure remains alarmingly high — and many don't eat animal products.

In the past few years, meatless meat products have taken off among consumers. But the meatless meat market is still only about 1 percent of the meat market. One of the biggest reasons: Plant-based meat products are considerably more expensive.

Impossible Foods is cutting the prices on its plant-based patties by 20 percent in the U.S., the company announced Tuesday. The company said in a statement that the suggested retail price will drop to $5.49 for patties and $6.99 for a 12 oz. package. It will make similar price cuts in Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Technically, spaghetti and meatballs is bad grammar.