Americans throw out $218 billion worth of food each year while hunger costs the nation $168 billion. The biggest challenges to food recovery are infrastructure and capacity, sector innovation and cross-sector collaboration, inefficient distribution, and nutritional deficiencies. Key principles for a sustainable food recovery sector include commitment to innovation, increasing capacity and infrastructure before more donations, financially sustainable social enterprises, community-driven solutions, and ensuring high-quality nutritious food while recognizing food alone cannot solve hunger.

1. The True Cost of
American Food
Conference
April 15, 2016

3. Each year while
Americans are
throwing out $218
billion worth of food,
hunger costs our
nation $168 billion.

4. • Infrastructure and capacity
• Sector innovation & cross-sector collaboration
• Inefficient distribution
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Business concerns (liability, consistency, costs)
The biggest challenges in food recovery

5. • Santa Clara County
• Alameda County
• Alameda Kitchen
Near-Term Actions

6. Learn more at www.foodshift.net/alamedakitchen

7. • Commitment to innovation
• Increase capacity and infrastructure first before encouraging
more donations.
• Financially sustainable social enterprise
• Community driven solutions
• Cross-sector collaboration
• High-quality, nutritious food first
• Food alone won’t solve hunger.
• Food is so much more than just fuel for the body
Key Principles for a Sustainable Food
Recovery Sector

8. dana@foodshift.net
www.foodshift.net
@foodshift @danafrasz
Let’s do this!

9. EXTRA SLIDES

11. Full report: www.refed.com

12. Full report: www.refed.com

13. Essential Ingredients Needed to Improve Food Recovery

14. The biggest challenges in food recovery:
Full report: www.foodshift.net/report

15. Regional Actions
Hire a coordinator
Host a forum
Launch a cross-sector
working group

16. Join the Alameda County Food Recovery Working Group!
Next Meeting: Wed. April 13 at 2 pm 1000 Broadway, 5th Floor, Room 5000B