--- description: Mental care in prison, modifying herpes to cure skin cancer, ending food waste, smart apartments that monitor residents, and more title: How the Food We Waste Could Feed Millions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How the Food We Waste Could Feed Millions by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2015 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2015 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**The food we waste could feed millions.**](http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/man-behind-campaign-for-french-supermarkets-to-donate-waste-food-wants-to-take-law-global-10276028.html "undefined") By Lizzie Dearden in the Independent **2\.** [**How a genetically-modified herpes virus ‘cures’ skin cancer.**](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11631626/v.html "undefined") By Sarah Knapton in the Telegraph **3\.** [**Who provides most of America’s mental health care? Our prisons.**](http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/opinions/gingrich-jones-mental-health/index.html "undefined") By Newt Gingrich and Van Jones in CNN **4\.** [**This ‘smart apartment’ will monitor the activity, mobility and even blood pressure of its residents.**](http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington-citizen-journal/article20419866.html "undefined") By Traci Peterson in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram **5\.** [**Movies make the best journalism.**](http://www.cjr.org/analysis/documentary%5Fjournalism.php "undefined") By Richard Gehr in the Columbia Journalism Review  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897771/food-waste-feed-millions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897771/food-waste-feed-millions/"},"headline":"How the Food We Waste Could Feed Millions","datePublished":"2015-05-27T16:01:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:03:19.664Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3897771/food-waste-feed-millions/","keywords":["Innovation","Mental Health","Documentary","Cancer"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897771/food-waste-feed-millions/","name":"How the Food We Waste Could Feed Millions"}}]}] ```