Fighting food waste through the Emerson Act
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Register now: Fighting food waste through the Emerson Act (Free, Virtual Panel Discussion).
About this event
Every year, $408 billion is spent processing, transporting, storing, and disposing of food that never gets eaten. That’s millions of pounds of fresh food—24% of all food in the U.S.—going to waste, instead of nourishing the 42 million Americans expected to experience food insecurity in 2021.
Join WW International – who is leading cross-sector efforts related to food and nutrition access – and Food Tank, in a special virtual panel to discuss the new bipartisan legislation, introduced by US Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), designed to strengthen the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act—and help fight senseless food waste and food insecurity.
Featuring (more to be added soon):
Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
Mindy Grossman, CEO, WW International
Tim Carman, Food Journalist, The Washington Post
U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern
Emily Broad Leib, Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
Jenny Murphy, Senior Director, Supply Chain, City Harvest
Steven Jennings, Brand Lead, Health & Sustainability, Ahold Delhaize USA
Registration required. Please hurry space is limited!