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2023 Virtual Food Summit: Food Recovery and Food Waste and Its Impact on Climate Change.
Our keynote speaker, Lana Suarez, Associate Manager from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Sustainable Management of Food program, will share how food recovery and waste critically impact our climate and food insecurity.
Our Emcee, Christine Beling, Project Engineer, also from the EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management program, will guide our panel of experts through a discussion. Using the EPA’s Food Recovery Hierarchy, panelists will share their perspectives on challenges to food waste and recovery, how their work influences the climate, and what people can do in the face of the increasing need for food and the urgency to mitigate harmful environmental impacts.
Panelists:
• Source Reduction: Khrysti Barry, Customer Relations Lead from Center for Eco-Technology
• Donate to Food Relief: Vanila Silva, Food Pantry Manager for M.O.L.I.F.E. Food Pantry
• Diverting Food to Animals: Geoff Kinder, Co-Founder and Agripreneur of Round the Bend Farm in Westport, MA
• Industrial Uses, provide waste oils for rendering and fuel conversion and food scraps for digestion to recover energy: Daniel Buonagurio, Chief Financial Officer for Recycleworks
• Composting: Andrew Brousseau, co-founder of Black Earth Compost
• Landfill and Incineration: Marissa Perez-Dormitzer, Waste Reduction Manager for The Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District
Event Links
Virtual: https://go.evvnt.com/2027278-0
