Too Good to Waste: Creative Solutions to Reducing Food Waste

Needham Public Library 1139 Highland Ave, Needham

It's shocking to realize that 40% of the food in America is wasted - culled as imperfect and unsalable by producers, discarded by grocery stores, uneaten at restaurants and cafeterias, and thrown away in people's homes.  At the same time, over 49 million

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Film about Tackling Food Waste

Wellesley Free Library 530 Washington St, Wellesley, MA

Watch the award-winning movie about food waste, “Just Eat It,” inspired the book “America’s Wasteland,” by Wellesley High graduate Jonathan Bloom. Then hear from another Wellesley native, Ashley Stanley, founder of Lovin’ Spoonfuls, a non-profit organization that matches excess food with people in need.

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