Description
When we shop for our food,
we can take powerful climate actions and keep plastics out of our waterways and waste streams.
Attendees will learn from
It's estimated that one-third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. That’s equal to about 1.3 billion tons of fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, seafood, and grains that either never leave the farm, get lost or spoiled during distribution, or are thrown away in grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, schools, or our home kitchens. It could be enough calories to feed every undernourished person on the planet.
Wasted food isn't just a social or humanitarian concern—it's an environmental one. When we waste food, we also waste all the packaging it comes in, the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, package it, not to mention how we discard it. Our disconnection to how our resource recovery system works also contributes to wasted energy on many levels.
One example: When our food is put in our waste/ landfill bin and rots, it produces methane—a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide.
Here in Marin County 50% of the food waste from our residents is put in waste/ landfill. We all have green cans to divert that waste, creating nutrient rich compost for our California farmers rather than creating methane gas that contributes to climate change negatively.
In the US alone, the production of lost or wasted food generates the equivalent of 37 million cars’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions.
Also 67% of street litter in the Bay Area comes from single-use disposable food packaging. As consumers, we have the power to buy healthy food that is package free with simple products that minimize our contribution to the waste stream.
Individually we have the Power to change these statistics.
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FAQs
Where does the group meet at10:00 A.M. ?
Please meet us at the good earth class room behind building next to UPS store.
What can I bring to the event?
Please bring a few cloth market and produce/ bulk bags if you have them, Thank you.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Feel free to email or call/ text me with any questions.
415-259-9582