The second webinar of the Consumer Food Waste Webinar Series was held on Monday, 11/18/24. This webinar feature three speakers: Dr. Yu Meng from the University of California Cooperative Extension and Dr. Amanda Missimer and Vanessa Venturini from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Yu Meng is the Youth, Families, and Community Advisor at UC-ANR. She shared results from the UC-ANR Household Food Practice Survey as well as preliminary results from their Household Food Waste Pilot Study. She...

The Launch event for the Consumer Food Waste Webinar Series was held on Monday, 10/21/24. Dr. Brian Roe from Ohio State University (OSU) and Dr. Sara Elnakib from Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) kicked off the webinar series with an informative talk about their previous work involving food waste and why they have joined forces to create a consumer food waste community of practice. A recording of the webinar can be found here: https://go.rutgers.edu/zk8yotr . Dr. Brian Roe discussed the...

The Consumer Food Waste Community of Practice is hosting a monthly webinar series to showcase the efforts of Extension groups, university researchers, and leaders in the food and sustainability industry who are making significant strides in combating consumer food waste. Each month, we invite you to join us as we feature various organizations, companies, universities, and Extension leaders who are leading the way in preventing and reducing consumer food waste across the United States. Mark...