Activation of innovations that build micro-communities tackling food waste...what could be more powerful? How might we create and leverage efforts that start in our own kitchens and backyards with potential to create a far-reaching ripple?
Thinking Locally to Scale Globally
Widespread change often starts with passion projects at the local level. Let’s think about what zero waste might look like on a small scale – from a meal to a kitchen to a community to a city – in order to apply those learnings globally.
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organic compost-updated
Train small scale farmers to increase productivity by making compost;mixing food waste with dry grass,sticks and top soil; cost effective.
School Design on "Love Food , Save Food"
Students are the future citizens of our country and as a part of a Global network the awareness of “Love Food ,Save Food” Idea is imbibed.
The Food Trooper Smart Tool Kit
Food Trooper aims to raise awareness of food waste in kids and promote a long term cultural change in the future generation of consumers.
Project Avocado: Sharing food to build stronger community
Reducing food waste through food sharing and community building
gaDOogi: DO your part to minimize food waste on farms
gaDOogi is a digital platform that activates local communities to harvest and transport food on farms that would otherwise go to waste
Food Shift presents: The Alameda Kitchen! So food is not wasted, people are fed, and jobs are created.
A kitchen that transforms lives and food by making and distributing nutritious products out of otherwise wasted food.
Up for grabs - share your meals you don't need any more with your colleagues in the office
Create an "up for grabs" shelf in the office fridge, put your leftover food there and let your colleagues take it from there for free.
What-You-Can-Eat
Buy less - waste less! Food labels and digital tool that prevent you from buying more than you can eat.
Linking Food Waste Warriors: Establishing Food Waste Warriors Clubs
To establish clubs of food waste warriors dedicated in preventing food waste in their kitchens for experience sharing and accountability.
Conscious effort in efficient and sufficient food eating - A social experiment on Buffet food intake
To create a methodology involving periodic conscious effort put to understand individuals quantity of food required for a meal in buffet.
Grow Your Own Edible Food + Herbal Therapeutic Garden at Home-Work-Commercial
Grow Eat Fresh Food, Herb + Smell the Fragrance with ZERO (Land-Soil-Waste-Energy-Chemicals-Watering)-AnyWHERE+AnyTIME with MagiGroBOT
Cobuy - Group buying software that helps people buy good food at good prices, together.
Group buying directly from wholesalers eliminates supply chain waste in the retail sector & minimises packaging as items are bought in bulk.
Combating Food Waste by Sharing Meals(Updated 10/15/16)
Share Meals is a resource that prevents wasted meal swipes and uneaten food in dining halls.
Food Connection-An app to send out extra food to the community in order to prevent food wasting
We create the app that connected with restaurants and institutions, in this way to reduce the food waste.
I'mperfect - turning perfectly wonky produce to preserves that support local community groups through social entrepreneurship.
I'mperfect uses food surplus to grow community groups & build networks with monthly subscription preserves served with stories.
Food.Wastes.Mapia
Collecting big data through an international website where people will inform about food wastes around them and enable solvers to act
Not eaten not sold
Food waste is food waste whatever stage. food wasted from farm, store, processing, transporting, in supper market or restaurants count.
Why do farms have so much surplus? Cerplus reduces farm surplus (and waste!) by giving farmers exact demand information in advance.
Cerplus is an online B2B marketplace for food businesses to "grow-to-order" local produce directly from farms.
Community Driven Charity Meals
Local residents drive a campaign to serve their surplus food items to needy people by launching Charity Table Concept in their localities
How To "Keep Fresh" Sign
Informational sign at grocery stores/markets that gives tips on food storage best practices for fresher, tastier, longer-lasting produce.
An app connecting those in need with those with excess food via GPS technology
Using GPS technology, affordable or free delivery options, and a bit of encouragement, this app connects the needy with excess food.
