What’s Wasted Food Got To Do With Climate?
Come find out—and tell us what YOU want to change.
Join us for a lively conversation with local leaders working to prevent food waste and rescue surplus before it reaches the landfill.
Bring your questions, stories, and ideas. This is a dialogue, not a lecture — and we want to hear from you!
At this roundtable, we'll dig into:
· The Climate Connection: why food waste matters
· Institutions: where large opportunities live
· Restaurants: preventing waste behind the scenes
· Grocery Stores: reducing and rescuing food past its prime
· Households: everyday choices that add up
More than one-third of all food produced for human consumption is never eaten, while food waste contributes an estimated 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Speakers Include:
Weslynne Ashton, Illinois Tech Food Systems Lab
Tracy Cammack, The Paramount Group and Illinois food Scrap & Composting Coalition
Jennifer Dowd, Seven Generations Ahead and Wasted Food Action Alliance
Stephanie Katsaros, Bright Beat and Chicago Sustainability Task Force
Alex Poltarek, The Urban Canopy
Kayla White, Salesforce
Registration is FREE.
Food and beverage
available for purchase.