Getting Started with Food Donation

The MassDEP and RecyclingWorks are hosting a workshop to help businesses and institutions in the Boston area start food donation programs.

• Learn the basics of how to donate food safely
• Realize the benefits of food donation for your business
• Meet with food donation organizations to get started

This workshop is part of the Reduce and Recover: Save Food for People Conference hosted by the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, in collaboration with the EPA, MassDEP, and RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts.

When: Tuesday, June 28, 10am-12:45pm

Where: Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, 2nd Floor, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

Register: Sign up using the registration form for the Reduce and Recover Conference. Select “MassDEP/RecyclingWorks Workshop” to register just for this workshop. (Note: while the main conference is sold out, we still have space for our workshop).

AGENDA

10:00-11:30 Presentations and Networking for Foodservice Businesses

• Intro: Lorenzo Macaluso, RecyclingWorks
• Health Department Perspective: Mike Moore, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• EPA Food Recovery Challenge and WasteWise Program: Janet Bowen, EPA
• Food Recovery Organizations/Businesses
  • Food for Free, Sasha Purpura
  • Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Lauren Palumbo
  • Spoiler Alert, Emily Malina
  • Food Donation Connection, Steve Dietz
• Structured Networking

11:30-12:45 RecyclingWorks Food Donation Best Management Practices

• Overview: Lorenzo Macaluso, RecyclingWorks
• Stakeholder Engagement Process
  • John Fischer, MassDEP
  • Mike Moore, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Karen Franczyk, Whole Foods
  • Lauren Palumbo, Lovin’ Spoonfuls
  • Christine Beling, EPA
• Food Donation Best Management Practices: Josh Cook, RecyclingWorks
• Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic Legal Fact Sheets
  • Emily Broad Leib, Harvard FLPC
• Panel Discussion