Food Waste Not on the Rise

The Maddening Reason Food Waste Is On The Rise Among The Rich Sorry Huffington Post, you got it wrong again. Food waste is not on the rise and your stats are way off. 1. Japan does not throw away 18 … Continued

Efforts to Reduce Food Waste in the World

On June 2, NHK (Japan’s national public TV channel) aired a program about Second Harvest Japan’s efforts to salvage edible food that would otherwise go to waste. While Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is only 39 percent, more than 30 percent … Continued

We Keep Planting Seeds–Working with the Public Sector

Recently in Japan, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry (MAFF) issued its 2011 White Paper and included an article about Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)’s disaster relief work in Tohoku (Northern Japan). While food banking in Japan started 12 years … Continued

Two Unfortunate ‘One-Thirds’

By Yusuke Wada Recently, one of my collegues at Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)wrote an article about food waste and food banking in Japan. She mentioned the one-third rule in her article. Being in the food-banking field, I often hear in … Continued