Wasting Food: Why so much food ends up in the trash and what we can do about it.

Did you know that America wastes enough food each day to fill the Rose Bowl? Food waste occurs at every point from field to fork, with steep environmental, economic and social costs.

Please join the UW Evans School Graduate Environmental Policy Forum and the UW Program on the Environment for a panel discussion about the sources of and solutions to the problem food waste in Seattle and across the country.

Tuesday March 8, 2011
7pm to 9pm
William H. Gates Hall (UW Law School)
Room 133

Panelists
Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland
Carl Woestwin, Program Manager, Seattle Public Utilities
Laura Johnson, Grocery Rescue Program Manager, Food Lifeline
Micheal Meyering, Project Manager, UW Housing & Food Services

Moderator
Ashley Zanolli, West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 10

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For more information contact morrigan@uw.edu.