Claire E. Cummings

@danafrasz Yeah it’s unfortunate that even businesses like @bamco (who know about the Bill Emerson Act & have the will to donate) still run into donation barriers. Fear of liability is the most talked about barrier to food donation but it’s certainly not our biggest challenge!

I appreciate this perspective Claire. It's true. So many businesses ARE donating and have been for a long time. There is a big gap in education where many in the food industry still hesitate. More work to do :)

Make food waste visible!!! #cleanyourplate #weighthewaste #morefeast #lessfootprint

We were educating our customers on #foodwaste back in 2007 as part of our Low Carbon Diet with the mantra “You Bought It, You Eat It — Don’t Waste Food“ bamco.com/timeline/low-c… #morefeast #lessfootprint

In our experience, the fear of liability has NOT been the barrier to food recovery... greenbiz.com/article/food-s… #morefeast #lessfootprint #foodrecovery

If addressing #foodwaste was as easy to do & as financially beneficial as everyone says it is then I guarantee businesses would’ve already addressed the problem long ago. The causes & solutions are more nuanced & complex... #morefeast #lessfootprint

Three ways cities can reduce waste 1. Regulatory powers 2. Purchasing power 3. Advocacy #morefeast #lessfootprint

Yeaahhhh Oregon! Love seeing @tedwheeler & the office of @KateBrownForOR talking about food waste at #morefeast #lessfootprint

According to @ProjectDrawdown reducing food waste is #3 solution to reversing global warming #morefeast #lessfootprint

“When you’re talking about addressing food waste, you’re talking about making the whole food system more efficient.” @dgunders #morefeast #lessfootprint

An amazing plant-based lunch 🥗 🥦🥑🥒🥕@planetacterra @bamco @LinkedIn @BSarouli @chelmili @BrandonXLeon #ClimateFriendlyCuisine #Acterra #Linkedin #EcoRefillSystems #SanFrancisco #Lunch #GreenCuisine #Vegan #PlantBased

And as @katiecant said, everyone would prefer that you shower #greencuisine

“I’m obsessed with trash,” says @chef_traci. I think every U.S. city should have recycling & composting programs, can’t believe in 2018 not all do." #greencuisine

Check out this inspiring @foodtank interview of @WasteAce on fighting food waste and creating a better food system! ow.ly/UAHs30j3nkX

“Solving the issue of wasted food will be one of the most critical and important works of this century.” - @WasteAce on fighting #FoodWaste and improving #FoodRecovery. Catch her at the #FoodTank Seattle Summit: bit.ly/2DxSZ17 via @foodtank

Assumptions about #foodwaste: financial is not often the number one decision factor. Awareness of the environmental benefit of diversion is growing, throwing away resources that went into growing, selling & preparing, let alone methane in landfill. ~ @WasteAce, @bamco #FoodTank

Q (@Farmland): What would happen if we treated farm land as infrastructure? A (@WasteAce): we sure as heck wouldn’t let billions of pounds of produce go to waste on farms! #FoodTank #FoodWaste

“We pay too much, to the wrong ppl, to grow the wrong food, in the wrong ways, in the wrong places.” @repblumenauer dropping truth about the Farm Bill at #FoodTank

As the saying goes, “you can’t wake a person who is pretending to sleep” and it’s about time we wake up to what is happening with waste in the world - @JasonWClay at #NoFoodLeftBehind

“We’re not homeless, we’re houseless” #NFRD17 #ZeroWasteWknd

“You’re going to find a lot in a dumpster (🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍔🧀🥗🍫🍪🥚🍞🌶🥔🥕🍍🍑🌮🌭🍒🍅🍆🍝🌯🍰🍭🍚🍤🥑)...but not reason” #NFRD17 #ZeroWasteWknd