Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based marketplace for excess produce, closed an $8.5 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital, San Francisco.

In a new survey sponsored by RELEX Solutions, Atlanta, nearly three quarters of grocery retailers cited the market as more competitive than ever before.

Tyson Innovation Lab, Tyson Foods’ team tasked with bringing new consumer products to market in just six months, launched its first brand, called ¡Yappah! on the Indiegogo crowd-funding platform.

Bühler partnered with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to unveil groundbreaking digital technologies designed to minimize toxic contamination, reduce food waste and increase end product quality across the whole food value chain.

A research study from PLOS ONE, San Francisco, examined the relationship between food waste, diet quality, nutrient waste and multiple measures of sustainability, such as use of cropland, irrigation water, pesticides and fertilizers.

Phononic, Durham, N.C., announced the findings of a survey that revealed consumers’ attitudes toward food waste, food and meal delivery services and portable refrigeration.

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Canada, released a comprehensive report on the state of food loss and waste in Canada, Mexico and the United States, developed through the CEC’s North American Initiative on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery.

Arla Foods began consumer testing of a new indicator, that when added to product packaging, could tell the consumer when the product is beginning to expire.

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Canada, released a comprehensive report on the state of food loss and waste in Canada, Mexico and the United States developed through the CEC’s North American Initiative on Food Waste Reduction and Recovery.

Farmstead, what is dubbed as the nation's first artificial intelligence-powered digital micro-grocer, launched FreshAI, a new B2B platform that opens Farmstead's AI predictive analytics business management model to food industry companies across the food sector.