Food Recovery

1. Food Recovery Jack Johnson

2. What is CA SB 1383? Legislation to, among other things, innovatively reduce methane emissions. 40% of all waste going into landfills is food waste, and food waste in landfills is a very large contributor to green house gas emissions and climate change.

3. Statewide Targets • 2025 - 75% organic waste reduction • 2025 - 20% increase in edible food recovered for human consumption

4. Edible Food Recovery Program In order to achieve this goal and for the first time ever, edible food will be required to be diverted for human consumption instead of composted or landfilled. More food: • In 2022, grocery stores/supermarkets, caterers & wholesalers will be required to contract with food banks and food recovery organizations. • In 2024, large restaurants, hotels, health facility, large venue, large event, state and local agencies will be covered too.

5. Edible Food Recovery Program Every city, town, and county will have to: • Pass legislation • Generate a baseline (33,000,000 lbs in SMC/yr) • Help agencies build up their ability to accept this additional food • Work with you—at your discretion/choice—to contract with generators—you set the terms

6. Edible Food Recovery Program Requirements for food recovery organizations (receiving 12,000 lbs/year or around 230 lbs/week) Must: • Maintain records • Report to the jurisdiction May: • contract with generators to pickup/distribute edible food

7. Edible Food Recovery Program County of San Mateo, Office of Sustainability is: • Partnering with Second Harvest to expand grocery rescue to Costcos in the county • Partnering w/ Fresh Approach and Leah’s Pantry to offer nutrition ed, food waste reduction, and food preservation education at 39 farmers markets and 6 cooking demos this summer • Establishing ONE county-wide program instead of 21 individual programs

8. Edible Food Recovery Program The Office of Sustainability needs your help: We are looking for agencies • Who will need help—staff, equipment, vehicles, etc. to accept more food • Will partner with us on innovative ideas for moving more food to your clients • Currently working with a core service agency and a non-profit to do more grocery rescue • A non-profit and multi family apartment complex to distribute food • Work with us to create contracts, contacts, records, etc. that will be required to be in place by 2020.

9. Questions Contact: Jack Johnson Sustainability Coordinator Waste Reduction County of San Mateo - Office of Sustainability 650-363-4016 jejohnson@smcgov.org http://www.smcsustainability.org

10. Second Harvest’s Role in Food Recovery Barbara Gehlen

11. SHFB Pounds Sourced70 Million Lbs Data: 12-month rolling -April 2018-March 2019

12. Food Recovery • Distributors & Wholesalers • Large volume: up to truckload quantity • Frequency: 1-5 days per week • Retailers • Smaller volume • Frequency: prefer daily

13. Distributors & Wholesalers • Donation Partnership and Business Solutions

14. Retail Partners • 60 participating agencies • 250 donating store locations…and growing!

15. Potential Retail Partners Working together to meet the goal of 2022

16. CA SB1383 Impact • More food • Existing donors • New donors • More variety • Grocery • Prepared Foods • More requirements • Record keeping • Reporting

17. Record Keeping

18. SHFB’s Role Collaborate Educate Tracking Support Train

19. Other Food Recovery Organizations • Peninsula Food Runners • Copia • Replate • Food Donation Connection • Feed the Children • Silicon Valley Food Rescue

20. Questions Contact: Barbara Gehlen Director of Food Sourcing & Inventory 408-694-0014 bgehlen@shfb.org www.shfb.org