Food and Agriculture Organisation

Global campaign to cut “foodprint”

By footprint on January 22, 2013
Published in: Foodservice News, News and tagged Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Foodservice Footprint, Footprint Forum, FootprintChannel, Institution of Machanical Engineers, Jse Garziono da Silva, Think, UN ENvironment Programme, UNEP, Waste - What Next?, WRAP.

RESTAURANTS, PUBS and hotels are being encouraged to limit menu choices and introduce flexible portioning as part of a new global campaign to cut food waste. Those in the hospitality sector should also consider introducing staff engagement programmes and food waste audits [...]

Water use must be more efficient

By footprint on August 30, 2012
Published in: Foodservice News, News and tagged Chief Economist Panel, Food and Agriculture Organisation, IWREC, Jose Graziano da Silva, Stockholm, Stockholm International Water Institute, The INternational Water Resource Economic Consortium, United Nations, World Water Week.

GLOBAL LEADERS at the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm have called for substantial increases in public and private sector investment to reduce losses of food in the supply chain, enhance water efficiency in agriculture and curb consumer waste. More than a [...]