Climate Action Now! – Stick a Fork in Food Waste!
The problem of food waste and what we can do about it.
Presenter: Maggie McCoy, Education and Volunteer Coordinator | EarthWays Center of Missouri Botanical Garden
mmccoy@mobot.org
Presentation slides (pdf)
Additional resources from Maggie McCoy
- OneSTL: https://www.onestl.org/
- EPA: https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food
- Save the Food: https://savethefood.com/
- Stop Food Waste: https://stopfoodwaste.org/
- Food Keeper App: https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep-food-safe/foodkeeper-app
- National Resource Defense Council: https://www.nrdc.org/issues/food
- UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
- Project Drawdown: https://www.drawdown.org/
- Food and Agriculture Organization of UN: https://www.fao.org/save-food
- ReFED: https://www.refed.com/
- Handprinter: www.handprinter.org
- National Center for Home Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu/index.html
- Waste Free Kitchen Handbook by Dana Gunders
ACTIONS – Reducing food waste
- Start a fruit and vegetable garden
- Research and use food preservation techniques (freezing, fermenting, canning, etc.)
- Talk to your workplace about joining the EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge
- Work with the operations staff at the Ethical Society or your workplace to track your greenhouse gas emissions from waste using the WARM Tool
- Research food donation and recovery laws
CAN! materials
These materials have been prepared by the Society’s CAN! (Climate Action Now!) team. This post and its links do not express or imply an endorsement by the Ethical Society of St. Louis or its leadership.