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Tag: Food Waste

Farmers Give Back to Alleviate Hunger

During this time of the year, farmers across the country gather crops that they have carefully cultivated for months. While much of their harvest is purchased by grocery stores and...

By Allison Weber on
October 20, 2017

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Reducing Food Waste One Sweet Potato at a Time

By Stephanie Kaczynski on
October 18, 2017

For Matt West, farming runs in the family. Starting with his great-great-grandparents, every generation in his family has farmed small plots of land, so it was only natural he would...

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Every Day is Earth Day: Our Food Rescue Mission

By Liz Baldridge on
April 21, 2017

Did you know that billions of pounds of food are thrown away instead of eaten every year in our country, while at the same time, 1 in 8 Americans face...

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Elizabeth Olsen’s Perspective: Why Food Waste Matters

By Elizabeth Olsen on
April 19, 2017

The day before Thanksgiving last year, I woke up, made coffee, and routinely opened my subscription of the California Today section of the New York Times. The title of the...

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Ten Ways Food Waste Hurts the Environment

By Brooke Still on
April 10, 2017

When we talk about food waste in America, we’re talking about much more than just food that spoils in your refrigerator. Food waste is a billion-pound problem — one that’s...

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Food Waste Goes to the White House

By Karen Hanner on
July 14, 2016

The days of the current White House Administration may be winding down, but they still took time to make history recently by hosting the first White House Roundtable on Food...

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Recap: Feeding America’s First Food Recovery Summit

By Liz Baldridge on
October 27, 2015

Food waste is a HOT topic, and it’s helping elevate the critical conversation of aligning food recovery and fighting food insecurity. The EPA has feeding people facing hunger at the...

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Keeping Food Out of Landfills and Onto the Plates of People in Need

By Kees Kruythoff on
April 24, 2015

Each April, we celebrate “Earth Day” – which has evolved into a time to acknowledge all the work that has been done to protect our environment and to continually raise...

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Fighting Hunger and Reducing Waste

By Mike Huffman on
April 22, 2015

April 22 is Earth Day, an international event to celebrate the importance of making smart choices when it comes to how we treat our environment. More and more often, the...

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Feeding America to the (Food) Rescue

November 15, 2014

By Colleen CallahanCommunication Manager and Content ProducerToday is America Recycles Day. Consequently, it's a great day to talk about something Feeding America does best: food rescue to prevent food waste.In...