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.

Where: Harvard Law School, Cambridge

Register: Sign up using the registration form for the Reduce and Recover Conference. Select “MassDEP/RecyclingWorks Workshop” for $25 to register just for this 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 Malin)
  • Food Donation Connection (Steven Dietz)
• Structured Networking

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

• Overview: Josh Cook, 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
• Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic Legal Fact Sheets
  • Emily Broad Leib, Harvard FLPC
• Panel Discussion