City Food Waste: A Burgeoning Climate Solution
Project Drawdown lists Reducing Food Waste as the number 1 most impactful, plausible, and economically realistic solution to maintain a 2’C temperature rise by 2100. US Cities have stepped up to take on municipal food waste to improve local sustainability, address food gaps in their communities, cut waste disposal costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hear from 3 city leaders in the Food Matters Regional Initiative about their strategies, successes, and upcoming plans for limiting food waste in their city.
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Marvin Hayes
Baltimore Compost Collective
Caroline Howe
DC Department of Small & Local Business Development
Maddie Keating
Natural Resources Defense Council
Brittany McPeak
City of Orlando