Don't let your groceries go to waste! Discover innovative food preservation methods that will extend the life of your fruits, ...

It could be argued that the world’s cuisines owe a lot to the long history of food preservation — the ingenious and unexpected ways to prolong the lifespan of food that have allowed humans not only to ...

A zeer keeps contents cool as water evaporates from damp sand or cloth between two clay pots. With these off grid food preservation techniques, you can rely less on electricity and more on ...

In an era of grocery stores and home refrigerators, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that, for most of history, people have been bound by the seasonality of food. This reality has long presented ...

When done correctly, home food preservation can produce a bounty of safe and delicious food. If done incorrectly, it can lead to severe illness. Purdue Extension’s Mastering Home Food Preservation ...

With the beginning of fall yesterday, people will be collecting the rest of their gardens’ fruits and vegetables for canning. The benefits of home food preservation include building a reserve of ...

As consumers seek fewer preservatives in packaged food—while the environment needs less plastic waste—Cornell scientists are finding ways to make active packaging materials with a biologically-derived ...

Approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food, nearly a third of all food produced for human consumption, is estimated to be lost or wasted globally every year. Development of innovative and sustainable ...

As we look around at the food in our supermarket and food stands, it is hard to believe the world is heading toward a crisis. But we shouldn’t let this abundance of food lull us into a false sense of ...