US Department of Agriculture (USDA) 96th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum themed The Innovation Imperative: Shaping the Future of Agriculture, features there learning track Managing Risk and Ensuring Sustainability - Food Loss and Waste: A Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity, where Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Chemist Jinhe Bai talks about prolonging freshness with clamshells containers, in Arlington, VA, on Feb 21, 2020.
Food waste is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for innovators with new approaches to conserving food and creating products from otherwise wasted food and processing byproducts. Through public-private partnerships, USDA scientists are at the forefront turning this opportunity into a reality. Come meet the scientists and entrepreneurs behind products that are turning waste to worth. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Original public domain image from Flickr