Edible Food Recovery Grant Program

Purpose: Using Circular Economy Funds, this competitive grant program will provide funding to support new and expanded edible food recovery and food waste prevention projects (food recovered for people or source reduction) in California. Projects must reduce the amount of food being disposed in landfills, thereby helping to achieve the state’s short-lived climate pollutant goals. Projects Food Recovery Projects: Projects that result in food that would otherwise be destined for landfills, being recovered and distributed to people. Any food waste residuals from the food recovered must be composted, sent to a digester, used as animal feed, or otherwise diverted within the project service area, if available. Food Waste Prevention Projects: Projects that prevent food waste from being generated and becoming waste that is normally destined for landfills. Food waste prevention projects are only eligible if the proposed grant project includes an edible food recovery project. Examples of food waste prevention projects include: - Modernizing production and handling practices to prevent and reduce food preparation waste. - Identifying and modifying ordering practices that result in measurable decreases in food waste. - Creating and expanding education and outreach programs that result in quantifiable reductions in food waste.

• PSCAgriculture, Disadvantaged Communities, Environment & Water, Food & Nutrition

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