University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences faculty work on just about any food-related topic imaginable. As 2014
approaches, here are just a few of their food-related predictions – everything
from better fruit packaging to a new focus on reducing food waste – that may
soon be on the public’s radar:
Good taste, less
waste: Food researchers say roughly one-third of food produced for humans
around the globe is lost or wasted each year – 1.3 billion tons of it.
Discussion of this problem is expected to make its way from food industry and
academic circles and into American homes, with home food preparers becoming
more sensitive to reducing food waste.
Doug Archer, dlarcher@ufl.edu, 352-392-1784, 352-226-5507