In New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a partnership of 10 private sector and non-profit organizations announced the January 2017 launch of “Further With Food: Center for Food Loss and Waste Solutions,” an online exchange for information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030.
“Because food waste is one of the most pressing – and solvable – challenges of our time, we launched our $130 million YieldWise initiative to prove that cutting it in half is within reach,” said Judith Rodin, president, The Rockefeller Foundation. “Achieving our shared goals depends on harnessing the tremendous energy and innovation bubbling up across the country.”
The new furtherwithfood.org website will feature best practices for preventing, recovering and recycling food loss and waste; educational materials; research results; and information on existing government, business, and community initiatives.