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## Food Waste Intelligence

## [Food waste tops list of highest impact college and university sustainability priorities](https://blog.leanpath.com/food-waste-tops-list-of-highest-impact-college-and-university-sustainability-priorities)

Posted By [Sam Smith](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/sam-smith-1) on Oct 29, 2021

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The U.S.-based National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS) put food waste as the top sustainability priority among a list of 10 pressing issues in their newly released Sustainability Guide. Recognizing the broad impact of addressing food waste, the guide states, “When the reduction of food waste occurs, climate change, water scarcity, and hunger are impacted, in addition to operational savings.”

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## [International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: a time to demand action](https://blog.leanpath.com/international-day-of-awareness-of-food-loss-and-waste-a-time-to-demand-action)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Sep 28, 2021

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September 29 is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Leanpath is proud to have played a role at the United Nations in creating this designation, now in its second year. In recognition of this important day, Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman offers a state of the global food waste fight in this two-minute video. Between one-third and one-half of global food production is still lost or wasted. At Leanpath we understand that the fight against food waste is winnable. We see it every day in kitchens around the world. But no...

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## [Report: fixing the food system key to meeting Paris climate targets](https://blog.leanpath.com/fixing-the-food-system-key-to-meeting-paris-climate-agreement-targets)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Nov 13, 2020

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According to a new report, the energy, transportation and manufacturing sectors could drastically reduce their carbon emissions, but the world still wouldn’t hit Paris climate agreement targets because of greenhouse gases from the food system. A staggering reminder of the need to prevent food waste, among other food system improvements.

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#### Topics:

[Food Waste Around the Globe](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-around-the-globe) [Food Waste News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-news) [Sustainability](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/sustainability)

## [Listen to Leanpath CEO Andrew Shakman on the Nothing Wasted Podcast](https://blog.leanpath.com/listen-to-leanpath-ceo-andrew-shakman-on-the-nothing-wasted-podcast)

Posted By [Leanpath](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/leanpath) on Oct 30, 2020

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Waste 360's Nothing Wasted Podcast sat down with Leanpath Co-Founder and CEO Andrew Shakman to discuss food waste as a "nexus issue": the fact that when you prevent food waste, you also prevent other bad things from happening. Food waste prevention reduces greenhouse gas emissions, it stops fresh water from being squandered growing food that only gets wasted, and it leaves valuable resources in the food system for those who are food insecure. It's a big deal. Hear Andrew elaborate on this and other topics. Go straight to the podcast h...

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## [World Food Day 2020: a call to action](https://blog.leanpath.com/world-food-day-2020-a-call-to-action)

Posted By [Steven Finn, Vice President of Food Waste Prevention.](https://blog.leanpath.com/author/steven-finn-vice-president-of-food-waste-prevention) on Oct 14, 2020

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It is an exciting and eventful time in the food space. In September, we celebrated the first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, which brings further awareness to the scale of the global food waste challenge and urges individuals to take action to stop food waste “for the people, for the planet.” And on 16 October, we celebrate another very special day on the calendar – World Food Day.

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[Food Waste Around the Globe](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-around-the-globe) [Food Waste News](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/food-waste-news) [Sustainability](https://blog.leanpath.com/topic/sustainability)

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