Here are three Japanese companies with solutions that they hope will help their country cut its food waste in half by 2030, perhaps saving a bit of the planet along the way.

A new retreat in the Hudson Valley from the perennially hip, Taavo Somer

Chef Dan Barber has long been an outspoken champion of sustainable agriculture, advocating for chefs to embrace cost-effective crops like buckwheat instead of imported heirloom tomatoes.

Desperate for new tools to fight a growing mental health crisis, psychiatry has turned to psychedelic drugs. But are psychedelics actually the answer or just another "miracle drug?"

Every year, the food industry generates up to 8 million tons of crab, lobster, and shrimp shells, many of which are either dumped back in the ocean or end up in landfills. Now, a biomaterials startup called TômTex wants you to wear them instead.

The West sees its culpability in this man-made disaster but prefers to blame the victim.