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The government must introduce binding targets to halve food waste from farm to fork by 2030.

Since we began our community-led Gleaning project over a year ago, there are 21 Gleaning groups in England alone – will yours be next?

There is an overwhelming concentration of power at the buyer end of our food system.

Foodrise reacts to WRAP’s announcement today that around 3.6 million tonnes of food is wasted annually on UK farms.

Foodrise responds to the news LEON founder Henry Dimbleby will lead the first major review of the UK food system in nearly 75 years.

Waste food has shown to be an excellent way to feed pigs and chickens. Find out how and why UK law needs to change to make it possible here.

Gleaning is an ancient tradition, but what is its future? Dan Woolley reflects on how far it has come, and what's coming next.

Tackling food waste on farms now has a deadline for action. Find out more about the problem of farm food waste and what you can do about it.

Much to like and celebrate - and a few areas where we'd like to see the government go further to end the scandal of food waste.

Why food and the food supply chain needs to be addressed as a part of the solution for climate change.

Read about Foodrise's events at CoP24 - the international UN climate negotiations in Poland.

If this Swedish MEP is so worried about food waste, why is she supporting supermarket pressure to block legislation to address it?

We welcome an announcement that nearly 90 major food UK businesses will embrace transparency on their food waste.

Read our response to Rachel McCormack's recent opinion piece in the Guardian about our latest report on supermarket food waste.

Despite many laudable initiatives to tackle food waste, supermarkets are so far failing to successfully reduce waste.

Food waste generated in UK operations remains stubbornly stuck at the 0.5% of food sold mark, much like previous years.

Our groceries retail market is already one of the most concentrated in the world.

Unfair trading practices such as cancelled orders and last-minute order amendments cost farmers dearly

Farmers surveyed for this report wasted on average 10–16% on typical years, equal to around 22,000–37,000 tonnes

Got surplus food and want to feed bellies not bins? 

Foodrise has always supported the farmers that feed us, and measures to produce a fair and sustainable food system.

Waste is a symptom of our broken food system

On average 45% of fresh produce is rejected in Kenya

Campaigning win as Tesco improves wasteful process of 'top and tailing' green beans