The Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership will host its biennial Food Rescue Workshop to highlight the important role individuals and professional food establishments play in reducing food waste.
The workshop is 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, at St. Ambrose University, Davenport. It will follow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wasted Food Scale through sessions with industry experts.
The workshop is 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, at St. Ambrose University, Davenport. It will follow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wasted Food Scale through sessions with industry experts.
“In the U.S., we throw away 40% of our food, according to the National Resources Defense Council, while 25.2% of Quad Citizens surveyed in the 2021 Community Health Assessment are food insecure,” said Christina McDonough, the partnership’s board chair.
The 2024 Food Rescue Workshop is free to attend. Organizers hope to draw community members and professional food establishments.
For the third time, the workshop will announce the Quad Cities Food Rescue Warrior and Member of the Year. Make your nominations now for local residents to be recognized. If you know someone in the Quad Cities who goes above and beyond to ensure food is not wasted but is rescued, nominate them here to become the Quad Cities Food Rescue Warrior.
Who is eligible?
Nominees might be a chef, academic, nonprofit employee or volunteer, industry leader, entrepreneur or just an amazing community member. The nomination deadline is Monday, Sept. 2. Also register to attend the free workshop with your nominee and find out who wins. For more information on the workshop, visit here.
Established in 2013, Food Rescue Partnership is a community-led coalition with a vision to make the Quad Cities a community dedicated to eliminating food waste, by promoting to rescue food for its best possible use.
Through collaborative efforts, the partnership has diverted more than 58,330 pounds of food from the landfill by connecting professional food establishments and one-time event coordinators to donate edible food to local non-profit hunger-relief agencies or compost operations. For additional information, please visit foodrescueqc.org.
