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The Impact of COVID-19 on Packaging, Safety and Food Waste: Clemson CI sponsored by Sonoco FRESH

By Kristy Pickurel The Impact of COVID-19 on Packaging, Safety and Food Waste: Clemson Creative Inquiry sponsored by Sonoco FRESH Mint Innovations Team Dakota Cook, Maria Camargo, Brennan Morgan, Ana Romero* *Team Mentor The Clemson COVID Challenge was a summer 2020 virtual research and design opportunity for teams of undergraduates to work on problems related […]

FRESH Tour of Clemson’s Cherry Crossing Research Facility

By Kristy Pickurel Clemson University’s Recycling Services department manages a compost site which processes food waste from campus. The site is located at the Cherry Crossing Research Facility. Just like the rest of us it has been greatly impacted by COVID-19, but work at the site has not stopped. Student interns Matthew Lawrence and Jared Montgomery […]

Food Waste Recovery Initiative: Clemson Creative Inquiry sponsored by Sonoco FRESH

By Kristy Pickurel During the spring of 2020, Clemson students Shemar Bryant, Maddyson Frierson, Caroline Joseph and Emily White, led by the university’s Recycling Manager Dave VanDeventer, participated in a Creative Inquiry (CI) sponsored by Sonoco FRESH to document the current life cycle of food waste on campus. The goal of their effort, the Clemson Food […]

Clemson’s Sonoco FRESH Initiative Awards Four Research Grants

The Sonoco FRESH initiative at Clemson University has awarded four research grants to professors who are addressing issues regarding food waste. In the U.S. alone, food waste is estimated at 40% across the food chain. With funding provided by Sonoco (a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays […]

Meet the Sonoco FRESH Team

By Kadence Baker   The FRESH initiative at Clemson University is a multi-disciplinary hub for research and innovation to address critical issues related to food waste and sustainability. Located in the Harris A. Smith Building, its mission is to have a major impact on the reduction of food waste. This means looking holistically at the […]