Chinese diners are being told to order less food as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping to tackle waste and embrace thrift. "Operation empty plate" aims to overturn the ingrained cultural ...

LANSING, MI (WLNS) – The Greater Lansing Food Bank is usually in the business of filling plates for those in need but today they are celebrating empty plates. Every year the food bank hosts ...

As the creator of "Operation Empty Plate", an online anti-food-waste campaign, Mr Xu avoids ordering too much. As a child, he toiled in the rice paddies near his tiny village in China's eastern ...

London - Parents have long encouraged children to finish everything on their plates, perhaps because of guilt about wasting food. But new research suggests this tactic could be fuelling the ...

Empty boxes are stacked on top of each other at the West Ohio Food Bank in Lima. The boxes are used for a program that distributes food supplies to income-eligible seniors each month. LIMA ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The Greater Lansing Food Bank is hosting its 17th annual Empty Plate Strolling Dinner and Auction on Friday, April 11, to fight hunger in our local communities.

In a group setting, empty plates are sometimes seen as a sign of a bad host - signifying that an insufficient amount of food was ordered for guests. The "N-1" idea faced some criticism online ...