The Food Fight is a philanthropic initiative that was kicked off by our group of 10 interns at FLM+. This campaign is designed to raise awareness about the global food loss and food waste issue.
Our group was spread out throughout the United States in multiple FLM+ locations. We split into three functional teams: creative, public relations, and events.
I worked on the creative team. Our main project was the kickoff video, where I held a role in planning, filming, and editing. I went on four video shoots and interviews on local farms as well as conducted street interviews in downtown Minneapolis.
I also played a large role in branding and strategy, building the logo, website wireframes, and social graphics.
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The Interns
Summer McCracken
Minneapolis
Brooke Wente
Minneapolis
Madi Kurvers
Minneapolis
Molly Schmitt
Minneapolis
Wyatt Stark
Kansas City
Cameron Mann
Indianapolis
Wes Davis
Indianapolis
Megan Besancon
Columbus
Liz Overholt
Columbus
Nora Faris
Washington D.C.
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Objective
• Increase favorable perceptions of FLM+ as a
thought leader within food waste and water
conservation
• Build upon a greater philanthropic effort
• FLM+ to pioneer this space and important
message
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RFP
• Audience
• Current and future FLM+ team members
• Current and future FLM+ clients
• Create umbrella campaign
• Budget
• 2016 OOP $2,500
• 2017 OOP $25,000
• Recommendations
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The Process
Background
- RFP
- Deliverables
- Weekly calls
- Research
Brainstorm
- Name
- 2016 event
- 2017 event
Breakout
- Creative
- PR
- Events
- Project
manager
Produce/Present
- Social plan
- Event proposals
- Interviews
- Video
production
Legacy
- 2016 event
- 2017 event
- Social media
- Career fairs
- Recruitment
- Agvocate
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There are five key areas in the
agricultural value chain where waste occurs:
Production
Handling &
Storage
Processing &
Packaging
Distribution &
Marketing
Consumption
When Food Waste Occurs
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Global Perspective
25.57%
22.57%
5.29%
12.86%
34.14%
More than 80 percent of global food waste occurs at the production,
handling & storage, and consumption stages.
Production
Handling &
Storage
Processing &
Packaging
Distribution &
Marketing
Consumption
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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North American Perspective
17%
6%
9%
7%
61%
In North America, over 61 percent of food waste occurs at the
consumption level. Advanced production, processing and supply chain
systems reduce waste. As a result, consumers generate the most waste.
Production
Handling &
Storage
Processing &
Packaging
Distribution &
Marketing
Consumption
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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The Overall Story
We are pretty wasteful consumers.
40% of all food in America
is thrown away.
Total Loss: $1 trillion globally per year.
For every person, that’s
20 pounds of food per month.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Why Does Food Waste Matter?
21 percent of water is used to grow
food that will be thrown away.
One-fifth of all landfill contents
are from wasted food.
If we wasted just 20 percent less food,
there would be enough food to feed another 25 million Americans.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Naming Process
Less Is More
Waste Watchers
Are You Gonna Eat That?
Don’t Let Taste Go To Waste
Food For
Thought
Food Fighters
Put a Fork In It
Waste Warriors
The Food Fight
Spread the Food
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Overview
• FLM+ social media strategy and best practices
• Deliverables
• Press releases
• Content calendar
• Intern testimonials
• Blog posts
• Recipe book
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FLM+ Social Media Strategy
• Showcase brand
• Increase digital exposure
• Enhance trustworthiness
• Expand business
• Develop a loyal community of prospects
• Boost traffic and search engine ranking
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Current FLM+ Social Media
943 802 92Facebook likes Twitter followers Instagram followers
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Best Practices - Facebook
• Frequency: one per week
• Ideal Post Length: 25 words
• Ideal Video Length: 30-40 seconds
• Use links if possible
• Use photos and videos
• Share original content
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Best Practices - Twitter
• Frequency: two per week
• Ideal length: 100 characters
without a link; 120 characters with
a link
• Hashtag: under 13 characters
• #TheFoodFight
• Use one to two hashtags max
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Best Practices - Instagram
• Frequency: one per week
• Ideal length: 40 characters
• Use high-quality images
• Have fun language
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Best Practices - Blog
• Frequency: one time a month
• Blog location: wideopenthinking.com
• Promotion: all FLM+ social media
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Blog Topics
Holiday Theme Highlight/Review of Campaign Events
Client Participation Stories Recipes
Introducing The Food Fight Video Farmer Interviews
Infographic Explanation Food Storage Best Practices
Restaurant Efforts to Reduce Food
Waste
Employee Guest Blog – How has food
waste impacted you?
The Food Fight Blog Content
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Intern Testimonials
“It’s encouraging to
know that farmers are
making a real effort to
reduce food loss.”
“It’s a truly rewarding
feeling knowing that my
company and its
employees are
becoming passionate
about a serious issue.”
“We can all make a
difference, whether we are
farmers, food processors
or consumers.”
Cameron Mann
Indianapolis
Madi Kurvers
Minneapolis
Megan Besancon
Columbus
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Recipe Book
• Developed for FLM+ to use as a resource
when creating social media posts and blogs
• Evolving resource
• Currently consists of eight recipes utilizing
eight different key ingredients
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Press Releases
• Frequency: correspond
with events
• Shared on
wideopenthinking.com
• Use Cision to share press
release through web and
print publications
The Food Fight, A New Initiative for FLM+
FLM+ brings conversation to food loss, waste and water conservation
Columbus, Ohio- September __, 2016- Agriculture plays an important role in food
loss, food waste and water conservation. Over time, FLM+ has determined its role in
that mission. FLM+ is pleased to announce its position in food loss, food waste and
water conservation through a new companywide initiative, The Food Fight.
The Food Fight will be a staple of the core values of FLM+ by engaging current and
future team members. This initiative focuses on shining a light on food loss, food
waste, and water conservation and creating conversations around these issues that
affect the agricultural industry and consumers.
Over the course of the next few months, FLM+ will be implementing its stance on
these issues into its offices in Minneapolis, Columbus, Washington D.C., Indianapolis
and Kansas City. FLM+ will provide educational materials to its team members on
ways to implement a more sustainable way of life. Some of this education will be in
the form of recipes to utilize leftovers, cooking classes and providing social media
posts that will create conversation around these issues.
Along with providing educational materials, FLM+ will also be encouraging team
members to take time to volunteer in the realm of food waste, loss and water
conservation. FLM+ has the opportunity to share its talents with Second Harvest
Heartland.
Finally, FLM+ will be working to create conversations with current consumers by
engaging them in activities throughout the locations of FLM+.
“The Food Fight will become an important part of FLM+’s culture and will be a
stepping stone to allow FLM+ to take a stance on an issue that affects all of us,” said
[insert person and title here]. “Not only is this issue important to us, but this issue is
important to our clients.”
To learn more about this initiative visit www.wideopenthing.com.
FLM+ is dedicated to bringing Wide open thinking™, engaging content and thought
leadership to global clients who specialize in agriculture and life and environmental
sciences to improve the lives and health of plants, animals, people and communities.
The FLM+ team is passionate about delivering world class work and producing far-
reaching results by setting strategies, aligning teams, framing opinions and creating
demand. FLM+ offices are located in Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Ind., Kansas City,
Mo., Minneapolis, Minn., and Washington D.C.
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Social Media Guide
• Share content created by FLM+ and the intern team
• Video
• Infographics
• Promote events and FLM+ team member volunteer
hours
• Share current articles and client work relating to food
loss and food waste
• Use #TheFoodFight
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Purpose of Events
• Generates excitement and creates awareness
for The Food Fight
• Necessary for public relations efforts
• Showcases company’s values
• Allows employees to be involved
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Who Would We Invite?
FLM+ Team Members
Clients
Upcoming
Interns
Previous
Colleagues
Media
Partners
Public
Officials
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World Food Day Event
Columbus
Mid-Ohio
Foodbank
Minneapolis
Second Harvest
Heartland
Indianapolis
Gleaners Food
Bank of Indiana,
Inc.
Washington
D.C.
Capital Area
Foodbank
Kansas City
Harvesters –
The Community
Food Network
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Volunteer Incentive
Each year every FLM+ employee
gets 20 hours worth of billable
hours to complete volunteer
activities. Some of those hours
will be used for company
organized volunteer events.
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The Food Fight Festival
Monday
Cooking Class With a
Local Chef
Tuesday Volunteer Activity
Wednesday Ugly Food Contest
Thursday Company Cook-Off
Friday
Family and Friends
Potluck
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Panel Discussion
• Similar to USFRA’s Food Dialogue events
• Panelists could include:
• Local farmer
• University researcher
• Extension worker
• Government official
• FAO leader
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Tips for You
• Buy more often
• Plan your meals
• Clean your plate
• Cook creatively
• Use smaller plates
• Use take-out boxes
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Recommendations
• Utilize social
• Incorporate FLM+
team members
• More graphics
• Short video clips
• Career fair potential
• Implement project on
website
• Volunteer for W.F.D.
• Order less for catered
meals
• Apply blogs and
quotes