Lee Zeldin on working with NASCAR Laila Lakham of NASCAR on maximizing food use
The EPA’s Lee Zeldon speaks with www.skyviewsports.net to demonstrate how www.feeditonward.org operates at NASCAR and other participating communities nationwide.
By Roy J. Akers — www.skyviewsports.net
Talladega, Ala. — Once in a while, you are totally late to a party and are amazed at what people are doing behind the front door and this time, it’s to reduce hunger among people, animals, the soil, and composting. The program specifics are located above, and a few highlights are listed below. What blew me away is that in our country’s recent past, a grocery chain might reject tomatoes to sell in their produce aisles and the food ended up bulldozed in a landfill. Now, participants will find a home for the food that might have been off color or a day too late to sell and the food is delivered to the military, a food bank, an animal’s belly, or used for fertilizer or composting. Stats show the average American can improve their food waste performance.
Some Program Initiatives
Turning Food Waste into Opportunity Across America
Feed It Onward is a new initiative of the Trump EPA that lends a national platform to spotlight the farmers, businesses, nonprofits, military partners, and communities making sure good food goes to people — not landfills.
Feed It Onward connects food donors with communities in need while reducing the environmental impact of food waste in landfills. We partner with private and public groups to highlight food waste and recovery efforts, connecting food providers with opportunities to reduce our nation’s food waste.
How does this affect me?
In the United States, more than one-third of all food goes uneaten and gets thrown away. This creates a huge impact on both our environment and American families’ wallets. Food waste has become the largest part of what goes into our landfills—more than any other type of trash. At the same time, millions of families across the country don’t have enough food to eat.
Key Statistics:
- $728 – Average annual food waste cost per person
- $2,913 – Average annual food waste cost for a family of four
- 11% – Percentage of household food spending that is wasted
- Over 133 billion pounds of food wasted annually
- Millions of families struggling with food insecurity
- $3,000 per family lost to food waste each year
