Food waste is escalating, as “American Wasteland” author Jonathan Bloom wrote in a WashPost blog: “ ‘Farm to fork’ has become ‘farm to dumpster’, as American farms, processors, manufacturers, grocers, restaurants and homes increasingly waste food.”

The Natural Resources Defense Council cites these hopefully motivating facts:

  • 40% of US food is not eaten or composted.
  • Reducing food waste and returning it to consumers would feed 25 million Americans annually.
  • 7% of fields go unharvested.
  • Food processors account for nearly 40% of wasted food; retail destroys another 10%.
  • American consumers do their parts – tossing about 25% of what we buy.

December is Farm-to-Food Bank Month.  The Gualco Group Inc., a co-founder of the California Food Waste Roundtable, is pleased to join with California Department of Food & Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross in requesting your urgent donation to the California Association of Food Banks:

http://www.cafoodbanks.org

And please take a few moments to read Secretary Ross’ blog:

http://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=5099