It's time we put an expiration date on the confusion with date labels! ReFED’s analysis estimates that standardizing date labels—and educating people on what the revised labels mean—can annually prevent 772k tons of food waste, which would reduce CO2e by 4.84M metric tons and save an estimated 266B gallons of water. Importantly, it would also produce a net financial benefit of $3.87 billion, with limited costs to implement and financial benefits reaped not only by consumers, but also the retail, manufacturing, and foodservice sectors. Explore more: https://loom.ly/erZlr6w
ReFED
Non-profit Organizations
Chicago, Illinois 13,310 followers
ReFED is a U.S.-based nonprofit working to catalyze the food system toward evidence-based action to stop wasting food.
About us
ReFED is a U.S.-based nonprofit working to catalyze the food system toward evidence-based action to stop wasting food. We cultivate and convene the food community, deliver actionable evidence and insights, and seed and accelerate solutions and levers. Our goal is a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food system that makes the best use of the food we grow. To learn more about solutions to reduce food waste, visit us at www.refed.org.
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https://refed.org/
External link for ReFED
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Food Waste, Food System, Climate Change, Sustainability, and Food Loss
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Primary
122 S Michigan Ave
1390-L74
Chicago, Illinois 60603, US
Employees at ReFED
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#ICYMI: We're still hiring for our two open roles: Director of Business Initiatives AND Director of Community Engagement. Explore and share them widely—applications close July 26! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ehT22aV9 #Hiring #JobOpening #WFH #FoodSystemsJobs
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It's Friday, and for those that indulge, you may want to pour yourself an extra glass of wine to reduce your #FoodWaste footprint! According to this article, wine growers have been struggling to sell their grapes to wineries, leading to untapped https://loom.ly/oqV4rZs
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Simplicity is key! And this philosophy extends to #FoodWaste reduction. During summer festivities and other holidays, what matters most is focusing on behavioral and mindset changes. The solution to the problem seems to largely point to the need to be more conscious and appreciative of food, and to conserve, plan better and reuse as much as possible. The data speaks for itself: https://loom.ly/d87RMHM #behavioralchange
Food waste after Fourth of July holiday reaches estimated $12 million
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"Our own research shows how extensively the global issue of food waste can be attributed to restaurants, and how existing solutions can also be cost-prohibitive and challenging to adopt for a number of reasons,” said Angel Veza, Senior Manager of Capital, Innovation & Engagement at ReFED. Explore how ReFED and Toast.org are advancing #FoodWaste solutions through grants to Afterlife Ag and Prism. Follow their journey as they transform the #RestaurantIndustry with innovative, #sustainable practices: https://loom.ly/zXt7K6E
Meet the Grantees: Toast.org and ReFED Team Up to Support Organizations Fighting Restaurant Food Waste | Toast POS
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Think you know everything about restaurant #FoodWaste and where it occurs most? Think again. Prism, one of six grantees to receive funding through the new ReFED #CatalyticGrantFund, targets food that spoils before chefs have used it. Their patent-pending solution is a controlled atmosphere container that can be stored in restaurants’ walk-in fridges, enabling restaurateurs to extend the shelf-life of produce, reduce waste and potentially reduce the number of fresh food deliveries per week. Discover more: https://loom.ly/mhsvuVg #ColdStorage #ClimateImpact
Utah-based startup Prism helps restaurants tackle food waste with novel storage tech
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#ICYMI: The #FoodWasteSummit24 session recordings and photos are now available for your viewing pleasure. We couldn't "B'more" grateful to everyone who joined us this year, and we're excited to share more about our 2025 plans in the coming months...stay tuned! https://summit.refed.org/
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Come join our team! We're hiring for two new positions in ReFED's Business Initiatives & Community Engagement division: 🍓 The Director of Business Initiatives will lead the new U.S. Food Waste Pact, working with our partners at World Wildlife Fund, and also contribute to ReFED's broader business offerings. 🍊 The Director of Community Engagement will support the growth of ReFED's stakeholder community, specifically through ReFED's Food Waste Action Network, as well as lead content and stakeholder engagement strategies for the annual Food Waste Solution Summit. We're a 100% remote organization with great benefits and a critical mission—to catalyze the food system to take evidence-based action to stop wasting food. Check out the job descriptions and share them widely—applications must be received by July 26! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ehT22aV9 #greenjobs #climatejobs #sustainablejobs #foodwaste
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We were glad to see the news that funding for NYC's #communitycomposting program was included in the city's just-adopted final FY ’25 budget! Congratulations to the City Council, the nonprofits being funded, and the city's residents, who will continue to have access to this important #foodwaste solution. Learn more from this write-up by our friends at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): https://lnkd.in/emqbCGGZ #sdg12 #climateaction #composting
NYC City Council Saves Community Composting
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Next week! ReFED's Asch Harwood will be moderating a special keynote discussion at IFT FIRST about the potential for #artificialintelligence to change the food system—including by helping to reduce #foodwaste. IFT FIRST is an annual gathering hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), which brings together researchers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs from across the global food value chain to discuss scientific solutions in presentations and panels focused on transformative innovation. Learn more and register: https://www.iftevent.org/