What You Can Do
Carina Millstone, Executive Director, Feedback
1. “Purchase only as much food as you and your family need, and use all the food you buy.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that 30-40% of all food in the United States is wasted.
Start a gleaning group (Feedback will tell you how), sign petitions, and buy recycled products (e.g., beer made from bread!)
2. “Support the distribution of extra food to hospitals, schools, food banks, and charities.”
The Environmental Protection Agency lists food redistribution programs and resources throughout the US.
3. “Compost.”
NPR describes how to compost food scraps at home.
4. “Buy food grown and distributed locally through independent shops, farmers’ markets or community-supported agriculture schemes—or grow your own.”
Purchasing food grown locally has a big environmental impact.
5. “Organize a community feast that features food that would otherwise be wasted.”
Feedback offers webinars and toolkits that tell you how to create a community feast.
6. “Call on supermarkets and policy makers to create binding food waste reduction targets.”
The largest supermarket chains in the US are ranked on their food waste prevention.