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President Xi has called amount of food wasted in China "shocking and distressing" Although the Asian powerhouse has recently seen a decline in population growth, food security remains a key issue. Andy Coyne looks at what lies behind China's attempts to tackle food waste through its Clean Plate strategy. Eyebrows may have been raised last year when, in the teeth of the Covid-19 outbreak, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a "green recovery" of the world economy. After all, China is usually close to the top of the table of the world's biggest polluters, especially when it comes to greenho...

1.2 million New Jerseyans are going hungry right now. How to get help, volunteer or make a donation. Updated Mar 16, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 Margarita Valentin of Elizabeth directs cars as volunteers distribute meals May 30, 2020, to more than 2,000 families at Kean University in Union. The county is partnering with the Community Food Bank of NJ and the United Way of Greater Union County to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic.Matt Smith | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share For those who are food insecure, there are links at the bottom of this article to lists of nonprofits and age...

‘I want us to be going to that next step.’ Hunterdon community reflects on anniversary of COVID outbreak. Updated Mar 12, 2021; Facebook Share The mayor of one of the smallest but most iconic towns in Hunterdon County compared the past year to swallowing a red pill in the film “The Matrix” — an action that reveals an unpleasant but life-altering truth. This month marks the anniversary of one year of destruction, devastation and tragedy reaped at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in over 700,000 confirmed cases and 23,000 confirmed and probable deaths in the ...

Feel Good Food at Home, Clinton: As Clean Plate Kitchen, a health-focused restaurant in Clinton, is temporarily closed due to the pandemic, its founders have launched a new business. Feel Good Food at Home delivers ready-prepared meals and also periodically hosts virtual cooking classes, including a Valentine's Day-themed class on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. The $75-for-two, one-hour Facebook Live class will feature miso- and maple-glazed wild caught cod, roasted broccolini, and buckwheat soba noodles with sesame seeds and ginger teriyaki. The meal is gluten-free and dairy-free. All ingredients are...

Public transit ridership plummeted during the pandemic, but expanding public transit systems remains essential for fighting climate change and improving equity. Photo by Cory Hancock/IMF 2020 upended life as we know it. The coronavirus killed almost 2 million people and counting, while roughly 100 million people fell into extreme poverty. The world entered its worst recession since the second world war. Deep-rooted racial and economic injustices were exposed, while the impacts of the pandemic itself fell disproportionately on communities of color. And these crises played out against the e...