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Appendix D: Descriptions of Selected Activities Related to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
Appendix D: Descriptions of Selected Activities Related to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
Pages 89-106
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Most recently, WRAP launched the United Kingdom Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, which commits United Kingdom businesses to set a food waste reduction target, to measure food waste in a consistent way, and to take action by reducing not only their own food waste but also that of their suppliers and customers. The roadmap also includes a commitment to publicly report individual company results on food waste reduction or their work toward this as best practice.
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PERFORMERS/OTHER PARTNERS (FEDERAL, STATES, LOCAL, OR PRIVATE) : WRAP is continually working with United Kingdom food, drink, and hospitality businesses as well as the citizens and local authorities.
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The Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-harvest Handling contributes to the Feed the Future's goal of increasing access to safe and nutritious foods by improving the drying and storage capacity of smallholder farmers and expanding market opportunities through diversified processed products that address quality in the market and nutritional needs. Purdue University works with various partners including North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University in the United States; University of Pretoria in South Africa; Institut de Technologie Alimentaire (ITA)
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Introduction of novel food processing technologies including the extrusion technology (a precooking process used to produce instant or ready-to-eat flour-based products)
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• JUA Technologies International LLC, a start-up company by one of the Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-harvest H andling principal investigators to commercialize solar dryers. • Seven local county governments in Kenya, to test new drying technologies and promote storage technologies.
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• More than 200 of the PHLIL-developed GrainMate moisture testers have been built in Ghana to date, and these have been purchased by the Ghana Grains Council, American Soybean Association's Assisting Management in Poultry Layer Industry by Feed Improvement and Efficient Strategy (AMPLIFIES) project, the Enhanced Nutrition and Value Chains (ENVAC)
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researchers. Working with other collaborators, PHLIL Ghana has installed solar biomass hybrid dryers at poultry producers, each sourcing maize from approximately 100 smallholder farmers; producers use a pay-it-forward model to finance the dryers.
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Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research Bangladesh • ACI Motors, Ltd. • Bangladesh Agricultural University • Bhai Bhai Engineering • Department of Agricultural Extension, Government of the eople's Republic of Bangladesh P • Jagorani Chakra Foundation • Kamal Machine Tools • Uttaron Engineering Ethiopia • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research • Bahir Dar University • Hawassa University • Mekelle University • Hiwot Agricultural Mechanization P.L.C.
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project • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology • Ghana Grains Council • Ministry of Food and Agriculture (northern and upper west regional offices) • Pens Food Bank Enterprise Guatemala • Asociación de Organizaciones de Los Cuchumatanes (Asocuch)
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Zero Hunger | Zero Waste was inspired by the company's purpose -- to Feed the Human Spirit™ -- and is a key pillar of Restock Kroger, the company's 3-year plan to change the way America eats. Its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste plan has several key pillars, including: accelerating food rescue to donate 1 billion meals by 2020 and 3 billion meals by 2025; donating more balanced and nutritious meals to improve health; achieving zero waste company-wide by 2020 and zero food waste by 2025; applying data and insights from the company 84.51° to identify opportunities to improve food security; working with key partners; and introducing Kroger's new Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Fund to find and finance innovative solutions to reduce food waste.
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Key initiatives will include accelerating Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Food Rescue Program, expanding the number of retail stores participating in food recycling, partnering with growers and suppliers to address food
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The company cannot do it alone and invites all to join it on its "moonshot" mission, including its associates, its customers, and the communities it serves. PROJECT PERIOD: 2017 to 2025 4 More information about Zero Hunger | Zero Waste can be found at visit www.
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The EPA published the technical methodology describing all of the methods used to estimate potential amounts of excess food per establishment; this provides others seeking to estimate excess food by sector with information on how to do so. All data sets, which include excess food estimates by establishment, addresses, and contact information of generators and recipients, are available for download.
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102 APPENDIX D PERFORMERS/OTHER PARTNERS (FEDERAL, STATES, LOCAL, OR PRIVATE) : Data and methodologies were obtained from various sources, including Feeding America, BioCycle, and several states.
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KEY RESULTS, OUTCOMES, OR IMPACTS TO DATE: In 2016, more than 950 Food Recovery Challenge participants and endorsers prevented and diverted more than 740,000 tons of wasted food from entering landfills or incinerators. Of this amount, participants and endorsers: • Prevented more than 18,000 tons of wasted food from being c reated through source reduction (prevention)
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The company reimagines perceived ends as beginnings by rescuing nutritious overlooked ingredients and rendering them into delicious and healthy food. The company's initial development focus is on upcycling the nutritious grain generated every time that beer is brewed.
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It then incorporates this ingredient into its own consumer packaged goods products and into the supply chains of several global brands and food manufacturers. Eventually the company plans to license the technology globally and extend its application to other undervalued byproducts into viable ingredients to nourish the world.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service: partnered with the U.S.
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