In celebration of Food Waste Prevention Week, Leelanau CROWD is hosting a panel about the work going on in our community to put food to the best use and the ways that you can take action. Come learn from Food Rescue, 5Loaves2Fish and SEEDS on Monday 4/21 from 1-3 in the lower level meeting room of the Leelanau Government Center, 8527 E Government Center Dr, Suttons Bay, MI 49682. Leelanau CROWD is a non-partisan group that is interested in driving increased composting and waste prevention in our community in support of healthy soil, water, air and people. We seek to research, educate and support Individual choices about waste management and support community scaled solutions for organic waste.
According to the EPA, in the US, 1/3 of food grown goes uneaten, wasting the resources used to grow, harvest, transport, store and process that food. The average family of four spends $1500 per year on food that does not get eaten. When that uneaten food ends up in a landfill, it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Food waste is responsible for 58% of landfill emissions. Sending less “stuff” to the landfill starts with us…all of us!