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food rescue workshop LAFPC Dec 8 2020 event

Greater LA Food Rescue Workshop 2020 Agenda

Back by popular demand, the Greater LA Food Rescue Workshop returns in a virtual platform this year. RSVP for the event here! This year’s agenda is packed with incredible speakers and discussion leaders. Here’s this year’s agenda: 8:30 am Pre-registration and free chat 9:05 am Welcome from Sanitation 9:10 am Welcome from elePlate 9:15 am […]

California Alliance for Community Composting

Applications Now Open for Community Compost Hubs in CA

The Community Composting for Green Spaces Grantee is now accepting Project Site applications. For more information please read their announcement below. Join the movement to expand community composting in California! Divert food scraps and organic waste from landfills, build healthy soils, and grow food ecologically for the community. Help support climate change mitigation, waste reduction, […]

Tastefully Empty: A Source Reduction Approach

By André Villaseñor of U.S. EPA It’s Thursday night, and our family is preparing the weekly shopping list. My spouse checks the refrigerator to see if it’s tastefully empty. Meanwhile, I shop our kitchen first to see what we already have. Our fraternal twins eagerly engage in smart saving by telling us what needs to […]

Where to Drop Off Your Compost in Los Angeles

Composting is one of the best ways you can be environmentally-friendly at home. If you like to garden, this is a huge bonus to have nutrient-rich soil. Composting is when you combine kitchen scraps with yard and gardening debris. These organic materials break down over time to create a rich, crumbly soil. The scientific process […]

Los Angeles Food Policy Council’s 2020 Food Dashboard

To become truly informed and empowered by the work done by the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, the Food System Dashboard serves as a vital measuring tool. This continuously evolving council project is updated every three to five years. It presents a wealth of data, trends and expert feedback about the health of our local […]

SEE-LA volunteer loads farm box into car

SEE-LA Discusses Supporting Local Farmers and Nonprofits During COVID-19 With Farm Boxes

Stephen Gutwillig, executive director of Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles (SEE-LA), talked with the working group in late May about the launch of the Farm Box program that ran for a month between mid-March and mid-April. It is a free, healthy, fresh fruit and vegetable giveaway service for 1,100 families experiencing COVID-19 related financial […]

Farm2People volunteers handling produce boxes

Farm2People Seeks Volunteers and Donations

Born from the coronavirus crisis, Farm2People is a non-profit organization that connects local farmers to food recovery and relief organizations, bringing their products to people in need. They work to repair the broken links in our food supply chain and reconnect supply to demand, addressing the urgent issues of food insecurity and food waste. Their […]

Call to Action From Hunger Action-LA During COVID-19: No Cuts to SSI

The coronavirus pandemic has created a huge state budget deficit in California. In Governor Newsom’s May budget revise, he proposed cutting the State Supplemental Payment to SSI, which supports 1.3 million blind, senior and disabled Californians, as part of a set of “trigger cuts” that would be enacted if the state doesn’t get more pandemic […]

Hollywood Food Coalition volunteer holds donation sign

Hollywood Food Coalition Opens New Hub

The Hollywood Food Coalition has opened up a new hub, working group co-chair Alyson Schill announced. This hub was created to take in more food and redistribute it in customized ways to many organizations. “This way they get exactly what they need and can use. They’re centralizing and organizing food flow in LA,” Schill said. […]

Food Pantry Fun During COVID-19 (Video)

Here’s a fun video of food pantry workers dancing while safely social distancing. Enjoy!

FoodCycle LA volunteer holds bowl of fruit

Winnow Receives Grant, Partners With FoodCycle LA Seeking Food Waste Pilot Program Participants

The working group recently learned that Winnow, the technology developer aiming to cut waste in half in commercial kitchens, is spearheading a pioneering food waste project. Winnow received a grant from the Kroger Foundation and is partnering with FoodCycle LA to create a pilot program using their waste prevention software. They are looking for businesses that […]

RecycLA Rescues 6,000 Tons of Produce since Jan. 2018

In February, we learned that through the city’s RecycLA program, 6,000 tons of produce have been rescued since January 2018. RecycLA is an Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation program. In 2017, the city launched this public-private partnership that, for the first time in the history of the city, offers customer-friendly and efficient waste and recycling […]

LA Sanitation Donates 2,500 Masks to the Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Working Group

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, we were able to source 2,500 masks generously donated by the Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau. We were able to distribute them to smaller emergency food nonprofits with the kind help of Food Cycle, Food Forward, Food Finders, and the West Side Regional Food Bank. While we’re […]

Food Finders Delivers During COVID-19; Donate Using Their App

The Food Rescue Program through Los Alamitos-based Food Finders is working diligently during the COVID-19 response. Recently, they started sending out 100 family food bags on a weekly basis, packed by their volunteers, to the Salvation Army Citadel. With the help of their partner agencies like the Salvation Army, they are able to provide food […]