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Vegan steak, food upcycling and mushroom microbes: what we learned at the Super Bowl of healthy snacking

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If you want to know what healthy snacks you'll be eating in the next few years, Anaheim Convention Center was the place to be last week, for Expo West, officially Natural Products Expo West.

Known as the Cannes Film Festival of natural nibbles, the SXSW of organic snacks, the Super Bowl of conscious Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Expo West is where global business gets done and the future of food is decided.

Walmart pilot looks to reduce produce losses

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Walmart is currently working alongside an agritech startup to pilot a creative solution to food waste, which will help bring better, fresher products to the customer while giving the retailer the ability to source fresh produce from totally new countries of origin. All this serves a greater goal: augmenting the supply chain and creating more sustainable alternatives for customers.

States Struggle to Curb Food Waste Despite Policies

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 pounds per person annually. But a new study published in Nature Food and led by University of California, Davis, reveals that current state policies are falling short. Since 2016, per capita food waste has increased instead of decreasing.

Food Waste Rap Video

UC Davis student Emma Vazquez created a “food waste diss track” to call out food waste and highlight solutions for a more sustainable future. The music video was part of a course she took on urban food and society.