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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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Sep 10, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Madeline Keating |Nina Sevilla
This blog is co-authored with Tori Oto, food waste policy consultant. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) provide an incredible two-phase opportunity for states to plan and implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction actions. According to Project Drawdown, reducing food loss and waste is one of the top solutions we can adopt right now to mitigate climate change, given that we waste nearly 40% of the food supply.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
nrdc.org | Nina Sevilla
This blog is co-authored with Tori Oto, food waste policy consultant. Nine years after setting the national goal to halve food loss and waste by 2030, leadership at U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are identifying opportunities for the federal government to meet this goal through policy, funding, and research.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
financialpress.com | Nina Sevilla
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of federal grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work. Approximately 38% of food in our country goes unsold or uneaten, and most of this ends up as waste in landfills or incinerators. The good news is there are many waste reduction solutions that span the food supply chain. The catch is that making many of these changes will take investment.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
cleantechnica.com | Nina Sevilla
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ReFED and NRDC partnered to create a database of federal grants that could be used to fund food waste reduction work.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Yvette Cabrera |Madeline Keating |Darby Hoover |Nina Sevilla
As the year comes to a close and we look forward to another, NRDC’s food waste team reflected on all we’ve accomplished this year and what we’re most excited for in 2024. With every year that passes, food waste draws increasing attention, investment, and commitment. This blog recaps some of the highlights of our year’s work, along with other key developments in food waste reduction. At the local level, NRDC continues to support governments and organizations through our Food Matters initiative.
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Dec 18, 2023 | nrdc.org | Yvette Cabrera |Madeline Keating |Darby Hoover |Nina Sevilla
As the year comes to a close and we look forward to another, NRDC’s food waste team reflected on all we’ve accomplished this year and what we’re most excited for in 2024. With every year that passes, food waste draws increasing attention, investment, and commitment. This blog recaps some of the highlights of our year’s work, along with other key developments in food waste reduction. At the local level, NRDC continues to support governments and organizations through our Food Matters initiative.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Nina Sevilla |Yvette Cabrera
Every one of us plays important roles in our food system. We produce, prepare, transport, cook, and consume food. Even though food is a basic requirement of life, one in ten households in the United States do not have consistent access to it. At the same time, as a country, we throw away a staggering amount of food – up to 40% of all the food that is grown and imported in the U.S. ends up in landfills or incinerators.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Nina Sevilla |Yvette Cabrera |Madeline Keating
In January 2023, President Biden signed the Food Donation Improvement Act (FDIA) into law. The bill was passed with help from NRDC and the co-founders of the Zero Food Waste Coalition—WWF, ReFED, and Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic—as well as the Healthy Living Coalition and a groundswell of food rescue organizations and food businesses.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
nrdc.org | Nina Sevilla
This blog was co-authored with Tori Oto and Noam Haykeen from the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic Up to 40% of all food in our country ends up in the landfill or incinerator, and when that happens, we waste all of the energy, labor, and water that went into growing, processing, transporting, and preparing that food. Greenhouse gas emissions are generated at every step of the food chain, so reducing wasted food can bring many environmental, social, and economic benefits.
