Baltimore is one of two pilot cities across the nation picked for a new food waste management initiative in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rockefeller Foundation.
On Wednesday, Mayor Catherine Pugh and members of the Office of Sustainability announced the initiative, which aims to prevent food waste through better management programs and expanded composting.
“For too many of our neighborhoods, healthy and affordable food is still out of reach,” Pugh said. “Composting supports local food production and food security.”
Anne Draddy, coordinator with the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, said the initiative has three main goals.
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The first is to reduce food waste, which Draddy said they will be working on over the next few months through the Natural Resources Defense Council’s “Save the Food” educational campaign.
The second is to further encourage food recovery by working with restaurants and other business to transfer unused food to those who need it.
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