Working across the County, I Love to Glean helps to increase the capacity to recover and distribute food that would otherwise be wasted to agencies serving those in need. The organization works directly with feeding agencies and kitchens who then distribute to end...
Households are the largest contributors to the food waste stream—at 43%, they easily outsize waste generated from commercial kitchens, distributors, and producers. While consumer education campaigns...
What would it look like to pile up all of the food waste from a commercial kitchen over the course of a week, a month, or a year? The Alliance got a glimpse into the answer to that question by...
“San Diego county is rich with fresh produce that belongs in the food system, not the landfill,” said Nita Kurmins Gilson, Co-Executive Director and Co-founder of ProduceGood, a nonprofit that...
Community composting comes with a host of challenges, most notably, the collection of food scraps. San Diego, Chula Vista, Encinitas, and Vista are the only cities in the county that allow community...
As the City of Oceanside’s Environmental Officer, I have been working toward a zero waste community for the past 15 years. In 2015, I began to recognize how diverting food to feed people instead of...
