Leading NGOs Launch Coalition to Advocate for Food Waste Policy

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), and ReFED have partnered to launch the Zero Food Waste Coalition, a national effort focused on informing and influencing policy at the local, state, and federal levels and sharing policy updates and opportunities for engagement with partners and stakeholders around the country. The coalition will bring consumers, businesses and government together to advocate for ambitious food waste policy solutions that contribute to the U.S. goal of halving food waste by 2030,…

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ReFED Announces Cohort for Industry-First Nonprofit Food Recovery Accelerator

ReFED, the only U.S. nonprofit wholly dedicated to reducing food waste, announced the cohort of ten organizations that will participate in its Nonprofit Food Recovery Accelerator. Thanks to the generous support of the Walmart Foundation, in partnership with +Acumen and in collaboration with a world-class, 50-member Expert Network, the Accelerator aims to catalyze ideas and inspire actions that lead to a doubling of healthy food available to the 40 million Americans facing food insecurity. “The Accelerator’s nationwide Open Call for Applications confirmed ReFED’s hypothesis that this type of program will…

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ReFED Accelerates Action to Cut Food Waste in Half by 2030 at 2019 Food Waste Summit

ReFED, the only U.S. nonprofit wholly dedicated to reducing food waste, announced the annual ReFED Food Waste Summit taking place October 28-30, 2019 at METREON in San Francisco. The 2019 Food Waste Summit will gather influential thought leaders and decision-makers from across sectors to share and discuss concrete strategies to achieve the national goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030, and the opportunities to generate profits, increase food security, spur economic growth and protect the environment. More than 400 stakeholders from across sectors are expected to attend the event, hosted…

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