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10/3/2014 1 Food Waste and Hunger 1 In Montgomery Co. Every Year: 246,000 tons (23%) of the County’s solid waste is food waste. 81,000 (8%) of Montgomery County residents do not know where their next meal will come from. 22.80% 4.20% 0.10% 0.20% 3.30% 2.30% 7.00% Organics Waste Composition Food Waste Clothing, textiles Rubber Tires Diapers Fines Misc. 2 Food Insecurity and Hunger In 2012, almost 70,000 County residents received monthly SNAP benefits, a 12% increase from 2011, and a 151% increase from 2008. (MD Hunger Solutions) 35,390 children in Montgomery County, live in “food insecure” households, uncertain where their next meal is coming from. (Feeding America) County residents receiving SNAP benefits 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 2008 2011 2012 +151% 3 Inspiration and Vision 2012 County Council inspired 2013 Food Recovery Task Force—Action Plan 2014 System design and pilot 2015 Implementation Manna Food Center Full Plate Ventures Univ. of MD Eastern Shore- Campus Kitchens 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 5 1 1 3 60 2 34 20 1 1 Community Food Rescue Baseline Food Donor Matches = 128 Total 4 What’s the Potential? Potential: Montgomery County has 15,000 licensed food businesses!

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Page 1: Food Insecurity and Hunger Food Waste · Organics Waste Composition Food Waste Clothing, textiles Tires Diapers Fines Misc. 2 Food Insecurity and Hunger In 2012, almost 70,000 County

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Food Waste and Hunger

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In Montgomery Co. Every Year:

• 246,000 tons (23%) of the County’s solid waste is food waste.

• 81,000 (8%) of Montgomery County

residents do not know where their next meal will come from.

22.80%

4.20%

0.10%

0.20%

3.30%

2.30%7.00%

Organics Waste Composition

Food Waste

Clothing, textiles

Rubber

Tires

Diapers

Fines

Misc.

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Food Insecurity and Hunger

In 2012, almost 70,000 County residents received monthly SNAP benefits, a 12% increase from 2011, and a 151% increase from 2008. (MD Hunger Solutions)

35,390 children in Montgomery County, live in “food insecure” households, uncertain where their next meal is coming from. (Feeding

America)

County residents receiving SNAP benefits

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

2008 2011 2012

+151%

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Inspiration and Vision 2012 County Council inspired 2013 Food Recovery Task Force—Action Plan 2014 System design and pilot 2015 Implementation

Manna Food Center Full Plate Ventures Univ. of MD Eastern Shore-Campus Kitchens

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

5 1 1

3

60

2

34

20

1 1

Community Food Rescue Baseline Food Donor Matches = 128

Total

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What’s the Potential?

Potential: Montgomery County has 15,000 licensed food businesses!

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Jump Start Grants- Build Operational Capacity • $112,000 distributed to 16 organizations

Building the System

Safe Food Handling and Transport Guidelines • Best practices have been vetted by DHHS

Education and Outreach Materials • Community Food Rescue Website www.communityfoodrescue.org

• Introduction video • Social media www.facebook.com/communityfoodrescue

Operational Protocols and Matching Technology (In Process) • System design • Matching technology

= completed

Mapping Using Data to build a coordinated system

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Approaches and Technology

Static website list of recipient orgs.

Website referral list that is filtered by donor needs

Site manager matches manually

Partial real time matching volunteers; partial site manager matching

Fully automated matching, in real time

Least sophisticated Least expensive No metrics recording

Most sophisticated Most expensive Metrics recording

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Current Food Recovery Challenges

Rainbow Community Development Center

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How Community Food Rescue will help

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Designing a system that works for everyone

Benefits of more food to distribute through “emergency” channels

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•Celestial Manna •DC Central Kitchen •Family Services Inc. •Food Donation Connection •Food Recovery Network •Full Plate Ventures •Gaithersburg HELP •growingSOUL •Interfaith Works •Manna Food Center •Montgomery County Dept. of Health and Human Services •Montgomery County Dept. of Econ. Devel–Ag Services •Montgomery County Public

Schools Food Services •Montgomery College •Montgomery County Council staff •Nourish Now •Rainbow Community Development Ctr. •Say No to Waste •Shepherd’s Table •Washington Regional Convergence Partnership •Women Who Care Ministries •UMES Campus Kitchens

Who We Are

Food Recovery Working Group (MoCo Food Council)

Mont. Co. Council and County Executive Ike Leggett

Coordinator Team: Manna Food Center Full Plate Ventures UMES-Campus Kitchens

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www.communityfoodrescue.org