ReFed Innovator Database : website ; The Database is a living compilation of commercial and nonprofit entities turning the food waste problem into an opportunity for economic, social, and environmental impacts.
This growing database is broken down by food waste solution type, organizational status, and geographic reach. Categories include secondary marketplaces that connect surplus food food that would otherwise be wasted to buyers. Food product creation organizations convert edible food that is currently considered waste e. The Database also list variety of food recovery organizations that capture edible food that would otherwise go to waste on farms, within the supply chain, or in consumer-facing businesses, and redistributes it to food insecure populations.
The Good Samaritan Act was created to prevent good surplus food from going to waste by protecting donor companies from liability when donating to charitable organizations.
Food that is not suitable for donation to hungry people may be valuable for farmers with animals to feed. For instance, many breweries in San Diego donate their spent grain to farms and dairies in the region as well as out of state. The Ramona Unified School District uses food scraps from schools to feed animals in the agricultural program. Fats, Oils and Grease, also known as FOG, can be converted into fuel and has various industrial uses.
There is increasing interest in finding effective means to obtain biofuel and bio-products from wasted food. San Diego regional options include:. Composting turn food scraps into a nutrient-rich soil amendments and can be done on site in smaller amounts or on a larger scale at a municipal or commercial level.
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