December 28, 2016

Coalition to launch online resource to help reduce food waste

The Rockefeller Foundation is collaborating with the USDA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a partnership of 10 private sector and non-profit organizations to create “Further With Food: Center for Food Loss and Waste Solutions,” an online hub for the exchange of information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030.

Further With Food will be an online destination for stakeholders — such as businesses, government entities, investors, NGOs, academics, and individuals — seeking to learn more about their role in meeting the national food waste reduction target, announced by USDA and EPA in September 2015.

The Rockefeller Foundation, USDA, EPA, and their partners are seeking to uncover and share proven solutions, as well as to ensure efforts are streamlined and effective.

When the Further With Food website launches in January 2017, it will feature content on best practices for preventing, recovering and recycling food loss and waste; educational materials; research results; and information on existing government, business and community initiatives.

The participants in the Further With Food collaboration include The Rockefeller Foundation and a public-private partnership composed of USDA, EPA, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Feeding America, the Food Marketing Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Consumers League, Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Restaurant Association, the World Resources Institute, and the World Wildlife Fund. Keystone Policy Center provided technical assistance to the coalition.


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