New Funding Opp | Food Recovery Collab | Open Positions

According to Feeding America, almost 120 billion pounds of food go to waste annually which equates to over 40% of all food in America. At WashU, two groups on campus are doing their part to decrease food waste in St. Louis and instead reroute recovered food to families in the city. One of the groups in this partnership is Burning Kumquat (BK), a WashU student-run urban garden founded in 2007, that aims to share the joy of fresh vegetables. They have worked with local branches of food banks to donate the produce they harvest. The other partner is the Food Recovery Network (FRN) which is a national organization that has chapters across 179 college campuses. As a result of FRN's national efforts, over 14.5 million pounds of food waste have been recovered, more than 12 million meals have been donated, and 6,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions have been prevented. The WashU chapter of the FRN was founded in 2016 and has been working with on-campus dining halls to recover food and prepare meals. More>>