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...

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 December webinar of the Consumer Food Waste Webinar Series was held on Monday, 12/16/24. This webinar was on food donations and featured two speakers: Heather Latino, Attorney and Clinical Instructor from Harvard Law School’s Food Law & Policy Clinic and Hélène Lanctuit, CEO of Share My Meals. Heather Latino kicked off the webinar by explaining that the Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School is tasked with educating their students on the role that law and policy plays in...

The January webinar of the Consumer Food Waste Webinar Series was held on Monday, 1/13/2025. This webinar was on food safety and featured two speakers: Dr. Ellen Shumaker, Director of Outreach for the Safe Plates program at North Carolina State University and Rachael Jackson, founder of EatOrToss.com. Dr. Ellen Shumaker began the webinar by explaining the Safe Plates program. A program that utilizes observational research and qualitative data to provide trainings, educational programs, and...

The February webinar of the Consumer Food Waste Webinar Series was held on Monday, 2/10/2025. This webinar highlighted the food waste reduction work that Washington State has been engaging in. We featured Jade Monroe, the Food Waste Reduction Lead in the Solid Waste Management Program at the Washington State Department of Ecology. Jade began her presentation by outlining the history of food waste actions in Washington State and their state’s food waste reduction goals. She then discussed the...