Baltimore City has been partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) since 2018 to eliminate food waste through the Food Matters program. The team has been working towards increasing composting in the city, but more importantly is promoting the prevention of food waste in the first place.
A recent blog post co-written by Sophia Hosain, former Food Matters Fellow at the Office of Sustainability, and Yvette Cabrera, Interim Director of NRDC’s Food Waste, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, discusses the work accomplished by the Food Matters program, offers details on food waste in Baltimore, and previews the new pamphlet the team has created to help educate and shift mental models around composting and food waste reduction.
Read the blog post here to start your journey towards food waste elimination: