Food Stories

  • Busting myths about food waste

    September 23, 2024

    Did you know that up to 40% of all food produced is lost or wasted globally? The food we lose on farms alone could feed the world’s undernourished population almost four times over.

    Reducing food waste is a huge challenge, but also an opportunity. We have proven solutions that can help tackle the food waste crisis. However, a number of myths pose barriers to adopting them.

    Here are seven myths about food waste, and why they’re not true.

    Fresh plums sit in a pile. They are reddish purple with brown stems
  • Conservation highlights of 2023

    December 14, 2023

    From launching a new platform that harnesses the power of nature in the fight against the climate crisis to raising critical funding to protect black rhinos in Namibia, together we've taken major strides in 2023.

    Fishing boat on water with grassy hills behind
  • Transforming how we produce animal feed to protect people and nature

    October 26, 2023

    In a world where meat, dairy, and eggs hold generations of tradition, embracing the complexities of animal agriculture and its environmental impact is crucial. By addressing this together, we are taking big steps toward a better and more sustainable future in farming.

    A red harvester rolls through a field with wind turbines in the background on a sunny day
  • Farm Fresh

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2023
    Work starts early on White Gate Farm in East Lyme, Connecticut, and on a recent fall morning it involved more than putting on gloves and preparing for a day of harvesting acres of vegetables.
    Woman opening box of vegetables
  • WWF's Julia Kurnik on working with communities to reform food systems

    WWF Magazine: Summer 2023
    Learning about so many places was eye-opening, but my biggest takeaway was how broken our food system was for so many people.
    Julia Kurnik dressed as beekeeper, inspecting hive
  • Moving the farm indoors

    Indoor soilless farming aims to reduce many of the more harmful effects of conventional field farming, including decreasing pressures on land, biodiversity, natural habitat, and climate. We've invited some of the people leading the charge for indoor, soilless agriculture in St. Louis and beyond to share their thoughts on its significance.

    Plants growing indoors on racks
  • Conservation highlights of 2022

    December 13, 2022

    Though the world faces two existential crises—a rapidly warming planet and declining biodiversity—and continues to battle a global pandemic, conservation still made major strides toward protecting wildlife, wild places, and people in 2022.

    aerial view of Colombian mountain range
  • WWF works with the US Postal Service to bring food from farm to table

    Farmers Post uses the US Postal Service to make same-day or next-day delivery of orders of fresh-picked vegetables. The program can help eliminate food waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    A woman in a pink shirt smiles on a porch holding a box of vegetables to mail
  • Nearly 1.8 million acres of grassland destroyed in US and Canada in 2020

    October 24, 2022

    Nearly 1.8 million acres of grasslands were destroyed across the US and Canadian Great Plains in 2020 alone, according to WWF’s seventh-annual Plowprint Report. Each year, the report analyzes plow-up that occurred two years prior to the report's release.

    A single tree stands in a pool of water in a large dirt field
  • How the next Farm Bill can reduce food loss and waste across the US

    April 26, 2022

    By prioritizing food waste reduction and prevention alongside other interventions, the 2023 Farm Bill offers a critical opportunity for Congress to help us transition to a regenerative, equitable, and circular food system.

    An oasis for wildlife, Spin and Mindy's homestead perches atop rolling hills flanked by corn fields
  • What farmers found when they measured fresh produce left in the field

    March 15, 2022

    To target and help prevent food waste at the start of the supply chain, WWF supported seven growers and companies to assess the amount of food left behind in their fields and operations during the 2021 growing season.

    Man bending over in field of cabbages
  • The science of soil, the language of the land

    January 11, 2022

    Rice and rubber farmers in Thailand come together to produce organic fertilizer to replace chemical fertilizer. The results pay off in more ways than one.

    Close-up of a hand holding a pile of dirt
  • We’re losing 40% of the food we produce. Here’s how to stop food waste.

    August 19, 2021

    Today, 40% of food grown never gets eaten—1 billion more tonnes (1.1 billion tons) of food than previously estimated. The causes of food waste are complex in any region. Luckily, there are solutions.

    A man stands on the back of a blue tractor that's hauling harvested sugarcane
  • Agroecologist Alexa White connects the dots between biodiversity, food, and climate

    WWF Magazine: Fall 2021
    Growing up, Alexa White spent time in the backyard with her grandfather experimenting with different seeds to see what would grow. Today, she is an agroecologist with a passion for food security.
    Wild growth along a mountainside
  • Why seaweed farming matters in Maine

    April 22, 2021

    Fisher-farmers on the coast of Maine have recognized the opportunity seaweed offers. With much of their community reliant on a single industry—lobstering—and with climate change warming the waters of the Gulf of Maine faster than most other waters across the globe, seaweed farming offers an avenue for self-employed fishers to diversify their income, support the ecosystem on which they rely, and use equipment they already own.

    Matt Moretti on board ship harvests kelp off coast of Maine
  • How produce delivered by mail could help both people and nature

    February 24, 2021

    What if you could get fresh fruit and vegetables from local farmers delivered along with your mail? In a 2021 analysis, WWF looked at how the United States Postal Service—your daily mail carrier—could bridge the gap between farmers and food shoppers, in a proposed program we call Farmers Post.

    A woman with brown hair in a plaid shirt picks a cucumber growing in a greenhouse
  • Supercharge your soil with kitchen food scraps

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2021
    Composting may sound like hard, messy work. But done right, it can be a simple (and even tidy) way to benefit your garden and the planet.
    Illustration of apple tree with compost beneath
  • Eating for our planet

    October 09, 2020

    The way in which we produce and consume food is pushing our planet to the brink. Learn five changes that we can all make to our diets to help improve the health of our planet through our daily eating habits.

    A female farmer with a box of fresh vegetables walks along her field
  • Blazhka Dimitrova wants to inspire a zero-waste world

    WWF Magazine: Winter 2020
    In 2020, Dimitrova had transformed her catering company into Blagichka-Zero Waste, the first zero-waste restaurant in Bulgaria.
    Bulgaria restaurant window with hanging plants
  • Small steps to reduce food waste

    April 01, 2020

    Right now, reducing waste is ever more important and we can all look at how to do that in our own kitchens.

    a refrigerator shelf
  • Food security in an uncertain time

    As the world is facing a global health crisis, the foundations of our food system are also called into question, along with the interactions between people and the natural resources we all depend on.

    Picking tomatoes
  • Last Call for Food combats food waste and food insecurity

    WWF Magazine: Spring 2020
    What if there was a way to combat both food waste and food insecurity with a single solution? From this, Last Call was born.
    Erin McGeoy
  • 5 ways harmful fisheries subsidies impact coastal communities

    November 21, 2019

    Our planet’s health—and our own well-being—is dependent on a vibrant ocean rich with nature, like fish! While sustainable fishing can be an effective way to keep our oceans healthy, one big barrier is standing in the way: taxpayer-funded support for unsustainable fishing operations.

    Fishermen on artisanal fishing boats, out at sea, Tema, Ghana.
  • Food Waste Warriors

    In the spring of 2019, WWF, with support from The Kroger Co. Foundation and the US EPA, looked at post-service food waste in 46 schools in nine US cities across eight states. This is what they found.

    Food Waste Education Program by the World Wildlife Fund at Seaton Public Elementary School in Washington, DC, United States of America