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'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

  • Written by Rodney Holcomb, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
imageNew processed food products might contain what would otherwise be waste from other foods.GCShutter/E+ via Getty Images

How would you like to dig into a “recycled” snack? Or take a swig of juice with “reprocessed” ingredients made from other food byproducts? Without the right marketing, these don’t sound like the most...

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