'Love The Ugly: Ending Food Waste with Jordan Figuereido

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Thu, 09/15/2016 - 10:00am to 11:00am
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'Love The Ugly: Ending Food Waste with Jordan Figuereido

 

Food Waste - What's in it for you?

Host Chris Andreae speaks with Jordan Figuereido, food waste watchdog and all-round futurist, about Farm to Food Bank Programs. 

Approximately 23% of all fruits and vegetables are left uneaten in the United States before they even reach grocery stores, leading to billions of pounds of waste each year. However, there is a growing farm to food bank movement to end this. Twelve new programs have started up since 2010 to recover or purchase surplus and “ugly” produce to get it to the more than 46 million food insecure people in the U.S. And while there are now more than 20 such programs saving over 300 million pounds of produce a year, there is billions upon billions of pounds still going to waste so these programs need your help and support.

HELPING PUT AN END TO HUNGER AND PRODUCE WASTE IN THE U.S.

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