We Waste An Insane Amount Of Food. Here’s What You Can Do About It.

How can we help the victims of the Istanbul airport attack? What steps are being taken to address America’s food waste crisis? And can a 700-year-old farming practice help combat climate change? The answers to these questions and more, in our favorite solutions stories of the week.

What's Working

There's something fundamentally wrong when one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, yet more than 800 million people go to bed hungry each night, writes Jo Confino. That's why HuffPost just launched Reclaim, a campaign to cover the extent of, and solutions to, our food waste crisis. Check back for stories on innovative waste solutions, leaders pressing for change, and movements to reshape our notion of sustainable consumption.
Meet the high schooler who's crusading to make sure his classmates get enough rest. Matthew Daniels is pushing school leaders in his Pennsylvania county to delay school start times, writes Rebecca Klein.
People all over the world have stepped up to show their support in the aftermath of Tuesday’s attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, writes Sarah Grossman. Here's how you can help.

What We're Reading

The “Uruguay Model” for safe, medical abortions has constituted a "revolution" in a country where women's choices are limited, and could have applications in the rest of Latin America. (New York Times)
A 700-year-old West African farming practice could be an answer to climate change. (Quartz)
Here comes the sun: America's solar power market just hit an all-time high. (The Guardian)

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