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Sep 12, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Nina Sevilla |Andrea Collins
Food date labels are confusing. Many consumers look at a container of food, see that the date on the package has passed, and decide to trash it rather than risk getting sick. However, food safety is not what so-called “expiration dates” are usually conveying. Some dates are “sell-by” dates meant to help grocery stores with stock rotation and the food item may still have several weeks of viability in the home before signs of aging appear.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Andrea Collins
California’s legislature has passed a resolution calling on the federal government to address a systemic cause of food waste: confusion over food date labels. Approximately 20 percent of the food waste occurring in our homes is attributed to confusion over “expiration dates.” More than 80 percent of Americans report tossing food simply because it is past date.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Andrea Collins |Farm Bill
Reducing food loss and waste offers an opportunity to address many of our world’s existential challenges, including combating the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, improving environmental health protections, and fighting racial injustice. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates one-third of the food grown across the globe is never eaten.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Andrea Collins |Darby Hoover
Household food waste accounts for 40 to 50 percent of all food wasted in the United States—according to the EPA, this amounts to about 26.5 million tons of food waste every year. All this wasted food wastes money, labor, and all the natural resources that went into producing, processing, transporting, and storing it—as well as emitting climate pollution at every stage of the food system.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Madeline Keating |Andrea Collins
The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) offer a historic opportunity to advance food waste reduction. Recognized as the most impactful climate solution by Project Drawdown, food waste reduction plays a pivotal role in mitigating the climate crisis, because it accounts for 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Food waste’s interconnected solutions also have equity, health, and biodiversity impacts.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
azbigmedia.com | Andrea Collins
When it comes to maintaining the overall integrity of your house, garage roof repair is an aspect that often demands attention. Despite being less impactful than the main building, a well-maintained garage roof is vital. This protects your vehicles and stored items from adverse weather conditions and potential damage. This guide will walk you through the essential considerations in choosing the right materials for your garage roof repair.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Andrea Collins
Too many of us are unnecessarily wasting wholesome food when we see that the date has passed and decide to toss it. A new study from MITRE and Gallup surveyed nearly 10,000 American households to gauge the quantities and causes of household food waste in order to determine effective measures to reduce it.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Andrea Collins |Madeline Keating |Yvette Cabrera
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued $100 million in a grant program through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support solid waste infrastructure for recycling in states, territories, and communities, including $44 million to support 33 projects to prevent and recycle wasted food. The grants are a critical component of our national goal to reduce food loss and waste by 50 percent by 2030.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
timesenterprise.com | Andrea Collins
THOMASVILLE- The Imagine Thomasville team held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, August 17th at 9:00 a.m. to celebrate the grand opening of Acre Maker, located at 16107 US-19 in Thomasville. A keeper of the land, Acre Maker LLC offers quality, satisfaction guaranteed land services including forestry mulching, conventional land clearing, excavating and demolition.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
timesenterprise.com | Andrea Collins
THOMASVILLE- The Imagine Thomasville team held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 15th at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate the grand opening of Olive Orchard, located at 221 West Hansell Street. Olive Orchard (OO) began in 2019 when founder, Marcy Sizemore started practicing individually as a Parent and Young Adult Coach. Since then, OO has added coaches and consultants and now supports individuals and organizations all around the world virtually, and in person (in South Georgia).
