<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item><title>What's Waste Worth?: OSU aiding in creating of biomass economy</title><link>https://news.okstate.edu/magazines/research/research-matters/articles/2024/osu_aiding_in_creating_of_biomass_economy.html</link><description>Uneaten food in the United States is managed through donations, upcycling, composting, anaerobic digestion or landfilling, all of which produce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the U.S. is the largest contributor to food waste globally with around 120 billion pounds of food wasted each year. That’s $218 billion worth of food.</description><author>Andrew Breshears &lt;andrew.breshears@okstate.edu&gt;</author><pubDate>2024-10-08T16:48:57</pubDate><media:content xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss" url="https://news.okstate.edu/magazines/research/research-matters/images/2024/18_banner.jpg"><media:title/><media:description>food wast in a basket</media:description><media:thumbnail url="https://news.okstate.edu/magazines/research/research-matters/images/2024/18_thumb.jpg"/><media:keywords>large</media:keywords></media:content><category>Ag Research</category><category>Magazine</category><category>Sun Grant</category><category>Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Research Matters magazine</category><category>Department of Agricultural Economics</category><tags>Ag Research,Magazine,Sun Grant,Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering,Research Matters magazine,Department of Agricultural Economics</tags><displayDate>2024-10-08T16:48:57</displayDate></item>