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Food Loss & Recovery
Opportunities in Sonoma County
Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition
Individual members: Phina Borgeson, Dena Allen, Elizabeth Esparza, Takenoko Farms
SCFRC VisionTo reduce food waste for greater community connectedness and resilience. We strive to reinvigorate the sharing ethic and strengthen community connections through:
• Educating and fostering learning• Reducing food loss• Increasing food recovery• Better nourishing our community
Source: Redwood Empire Food Bank
82,000 people in Sonoma County face the threat of hunger every month.
Source: Sonoma County Waste Management Agency
And yet over 45 tons of food are going into our waste stream…
45,500
11,800
10,800
5,600
5,600
Food
Remainder/Composite
Textiles
Leaves, Grass
Trimmings
Branches, Stumps
Ag Crop Residue
Manures
45,500 tons of food “waste”
2014 Waste Characterization StudyOverall Waste Composition
We need to rethink “Waste”….“Waste” = negative connotation & implies no value
In the natural system, there is no waste
EPA Food Recovery Funnel
Common Challenges in Food Recovery
• Infrastructure and capacity• Sector innovation & cross-sector collaboration• Inefficient distribution• Nutritional deficiencies• Business concerns (liability, consistency, costs)
Traditional food recovery limitations
Community connections: Food Distribution Directory
Food Distribution Directory
Commercial Institution Outreach
Developed an educational brochure for commercial institutions on food donations being distributed by County of Sonoma Environmental health & Safety personnel
Emergency Food Response Gathering February 2018
Gathering convened in February 2018 to assess emergency food response during the October 2017 fires.
Key recommendations: • County-wide coordinator
for emergency food response
• Strategic plan to identify & expand capacity in times of disaster
• Inventory existing emergency food response resources
Emergency Operations Center
Emergency FoodInformation
Officer
Area 1 Lead Area 2 Lead Area 3 Lead Area 4 Lead Area 5 Lead
County
Redwood Empire Food Bank Council on AgingCatholic CharitiesCore Service Organizations
Human Services Department (Economic Assistance Division)
UC Cooperative Extension
Grassroots Field-Response
E M E R G E N C Y F O O D R E S P O N S EO R G A N I Z AT I O N C H A R T
Department of Health Services (Environmental Health &
Safety)
Coordinators
SB-1383 Short-lived climate pollutants
New State of California organic waste diversion legislation
•Goal: reduce short-lived climate pollutants in landfills
•Major component of bill includes edible food recovery
SCFRC strategizing on infrastructure needed to support increased edible food recovery
Thank you the many dedicated members of the Sonoma County
Food System Alliance and the Sonoma County Food Recovery
Coalition.