by Sarah Sivesind | May 3, 2024 | Federal, Legislation
For the first time, the Zero Food Waste Coalition (ZFWC) is participating in the Appropriations process by requesting the committees provide funding to address food loss and waste in fiscal year 2025. Appropriations is one of most significant opportunities for...
by Sarah Sivesind | Feb 14, 2024 | Federal, Legislation
Over 25 industry supporters have signed the Zero Food Waste Coalition’s open letter urging Congress to support the bipartisan Food Date Labeling Act of 2023 (H.R.3159, S.1484) (FDLA) and encourage them to include it in the upcoming Farm Bill. The FDLA aims to reduce...
by Sarah Sivesind | Jan 18, 2024 | Federal, Legislation
Today, the Zero Food Waste Coalition released an open letter to Congress encouraging them to take swift action to reauthorize the Farm Bill in 2024, as well as recommending specific improvements for food loss and waste provisions. In addition to the founding Zero Food...
by Sarah Sivesind | Dec 4, 2023 | Federal, Legislation
The Zero Food Waste Coalition is proud to have been a part of the organizations, community advocates, and Congressional members who tirelessly advocated for the restoration of funding of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production in the Senate-passed...
by Sarah Sivesind | Oct 1, 2023 | Federal, Legislation
WASHINGTON (September 21, 2023) – Members of Congress today introduced the NO TIME TO Waste Act to address the issue of food loss and waste in the United States through a variety of measures. With the United States’ pledge to halve food loss and waste by...
by Sarah Sivesind | Apr 25, 2022 | Federal, Legislation
Today, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), ReFED, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), released “Opportunities to Reduce Food Waste in the 2023 Farm Bill,” which outlines 22 recommendations that Congress can implement...
