The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food.
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How a Remote Australian Town Nearly Ran Out of Food
Many isolated Indigenous communities are dependent on fragile supply chains. This year, floods made that dramatically clear.
How France Is Fighting ‘Shrinkflation’
Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut.
Gazans Are Turning to This Wild Plant for Survival
Palestinians have long gathered and cooked khobeza, a spinach-like wild plant that sprouts after rains. Now, it has become a lifeline.
Another A.I. Target: Food Waste
Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters.
7 Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Were Known for a Passion for Helping Others
Gaza has been the deadliest place for aid workers since the Oct. 7 attacks.
Angry Farmers Are Reshaping Europe
Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics, as the far right senses an opportunity.
Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.
The warning came amid an Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to send military and humanitarian officials to Washington to hear the Biden administration’s concerns.
Israel Sees Vindication in U.N.’s Report, but Tensions Between Them Rise
A U.N. inquiry found support for Israel’s allegations of sexual violence in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, but they remain bitterly at odds over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Few Aid Trucks Are Reaching Northern Gaza, Where Famine Looms
A small number of trucks carrying desperately needed food headed for Gaza City, but at least some were swarmed and looted by people along the way.