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The Tentative CRRA2021 Program is now available for viewing. Please note that more information will be added in the coming weeks.  All scheduling is subject to change.

SB1383 Case Studies of Edible Food Recovery (EFR) Programs

Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM–4:20 PM PDT add to calendar
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PRESENTATION TOPIC

EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY

Session Description

As California’s SB1383 requires every jurisdiction to implement an edible food recovery program by January 1, 2021, our session aims to highlight how local jurisdictions, Joint Power Authorities (JPA), and counties can coordinate their efforts to start down the path towards compliance. 

All three speakers will discuss the challenges they faced, lessons they learned as well as opportunities and synergies to coordinate these efforts not only at the regional level, but also at the state level and with other jurisdictions.

Learning outcomes: Attendees will leave with

Speakers

Marie Mourad, Independant Consultant/Researcher
Title

Consultant/Researcher (PhD)

Speaker Biography

Marie Mourad (PhD) works as an independent consultant and researcher specializing in food waste reduction and sustainability in the U.S. and internationally. She helps government and non-profit agencies prevent food waste and improve food recovery through public policies, market innovations, and behavior change. She is a member of NCRA’s Zero Food Waste Committee and has worked on implementing SB1383 in local jurisdictions in California, including in Santa Clara and Contra Costa County. She helped develop the French national food waste prevention regulation and now supports the French Environmental Agency (Ademe) in promoting “zero waste” and sustainable production and consumption.

Abstract Title

Identifying Generators and Outlining the Program: EFR in Contra Costa

Speaker Abstract

Marie Mourad (PhD) will present the work she conducted with a team of consultants for the Joint Power Authority in charge of waste services in West Contra Costa County (RecycleMore) in the early stages of implementing an Edible Food Recovery Program. She will highlight data sources that counties and jurisdictions can use to identify local Tier 1 generators, with a focus on large supermarkets and grocery stores (including listings based on county Department of Health inspections, sales tax permits, NAICS codes, CalRecycle Convenience Zones, US EPA excess food opportunity map, etc.). She will provide an overview of the pros and cons of these resources as well as methods and "tips" to collate them and extract the most relevant information. She will share the survey of generators and food recovery organizations and food recovery services she conducted in the RecycleMore service area to assess current compliance, food recovery capacity, and reporting activities. These results revealed opportunities for improvement, including through synergies at the regional and state level. This presentation will help jurisdictions identify their commercial generators, understand their food recovery “ecosystem”, and start implementing an edible food recovery program in compliance with SB1383 by 2021.

Jack Steinmann, County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability
Title

Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction Specialist

Speaker Biography

Jack Steinmann is a Resource Conservation Specialist with the County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability focusing primarily on SB 1383 implementation and supporting the County’s edible food recovery program. Jack has been involved with food recovery since 2015 when he started San Francisco State University’s food recovery initiative. Since then he’s been involved with food recovery efforts with the Food Recovery Network, the Moscone Center, the City of Hayward, and the NCRA Zero Food Waste Committee. He is committed to sustainability and can't wait to contribute to efforts to reduce and prevent waste across the Peninsula and California.

Abstract Title

Bringing Everyone to the Table: EFR in San Mateo County

Speaker Abstract

For the past several years, the County of San Mateo’s Office of Sustainability has worked with each of the different jurisdictions, sanitary districts, JPA’s, and food recovery organizations located within San Mateo County to create one countywide edible food recovery program that will fulfill each jurisdictions' edible food recovery obligations under CA SB 1383. Jack will describe the coordination that led to this unified approach, the partnerships the Office of Sustainability has developed with different food recovery organizations, and the status of the current edible food recovery program. The session attendees will leave with key lessons learned to coordinate multiple stakeholders in their edible food recovery efforts.

MIchelle Mikesell, LA Sanitation
Title

Food Rescue Programs Manager

Speaker Biography

Michelle Mikesell started her career with the City of Los Angeles in 2005 and began working for LA Sanitation and Environment in 2007. She is currently a Senior Management Analyst managing the recycLA Commercial Solid Waste Services Franchise, Diversion and Outreach and Education programs, that include the Materials Reuse and Food Rescue programs. She also manages LASAN’s Food Rescue efforts outside of recycLA and represents the City of Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a collaboration of west coast cities and states working to forward a climate resilient framework for action.

Abstract Title

SB1383 Case Studies of Edible Food Recovery (EFR) Programs

Speaker Abstract
Michelle Mikesell will focus on how the City of Los Angeles, LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) began working with California Climate Action Corp Fellows to identify Tier 1 and Tier 2 edible food generators (EFGs), food recovery organizations and services (FROs), and options for food recovery, with a focus on Tier 1 generators.  She will also describe how LASAN's collaboration with the County of LA and a FRO helps keep program information and outreach consistent throughout the County.

Moderator

Susan Blachman, Blachman Consulting
Title

Consultant

Moderator Biography

Susan Blachman is a zero waste/pollution prevention consultant with over 30 years experience. A former Berkeley Zero Waste Commissioner, she consults on SB1383. Clients have included local jurisdictions in Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties. She co-authored Commercial Food Waste Reduction in Alameda County in 2017, participated in the first ever Zero Food Waste Forum in 2014, and helped organize NCRA’s second Zero Food Waste Forum in 2016. She co-chairs the NCRA's Zero Food Waste Committee and serves on the CRRA Edible Food Recovery Technical Committee. Blachman has a Master in Public Policy from UC Berkeley.

Edible Food Recovery: Involving and Serving the Community

PRESENTATION TOPIC
EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY
ORGANICS
UNIVERSITIES/ZERO WASTE CAMPUSES
Session Description

INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER

Speakers

Erin Meyer, University of California, Merced
Title

Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator

Speaker Biography

Erin Meyer is the Sustainable Food Programs Coordinator at the University of California, Merced. She oversees a variety of food rescue and sustainable food programs including, Food Connect, the Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program, the Pop-Up People's Pantry, the People's Fridge and more. 

Abstract Title

Edible Food Recovery: Involving and Serving the Community

Speaker Abstract

The Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program is a food rescue program at the University of California, Merced. Food is rescued from cafes, grocery stores, flea markets and farmers' markets. A majority of this food is then used to stock our new community fridge, the People's Fridge, or is distributed at our Pop-Up People's Pantry. The community is involved by encouraging volunteerism, but also by encouraging them to donate their surplus food to the programs, specifically our community fridge. Participants of this session will learn about circular community driven food rescue programs which rescues food to sustain community programs.

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