环保署第七区节前推广减少食物浪费：Kansas City 伙伴今夏回收近2.5万磅食物、供餐逾2万份
美国环保署第七区11月9日在堪萨斯州 Lenexa 举行座谈，介绍其「Feed It Onward」行动的伙伴机构如何在美国中部减少食物浪费、支援有需要的社区，赶在节日季来临前把这套做法推广开来。
「Feed It Onward」行动表彰把剩余食物送给家庭、用于农业、堆肥或为家庭和企业供能的机构，让好食物不进垃圾填埋场。环保署第七区区长 Jim Macy 说，节日季开始、大家着手计划庆祝菜单之际，第七区要让更多人看到这些本地机构的做法：让好食物到人手里，而不是进垃圾桶；伙伴机构已经让数百万磅食物免于进入填埋场，这套模式的影响还在扩大。
参加座谈的伙伴机构包括 Kansas City 的 Compost Collective、Urbavore Farm、Kanbe's Markets、KC Can Compost 与 Pete's Garden，Jefferson City 的 Missouri Farmers Care Foundation，以及艾奥瓦州 Union 的 The Outreach Program。密苏里州的不少伙伴正通过 Kansas City 市获得的一笔近500万美元固体废物回收基础设施（SWIFR）拨款合作，这笔拨款部分用于扩大该市的有机物收集计划，并与本地市场合作建立食物救援与废物分流计划。
座谈中，伙伴机构介绍了今夏大型活动期间的成绩：世界杯期间，KC Can Compost 让超过4.9万磅可堆肥物免于进入 Kansas City 的填埋场；Pete's Garden 回收了近2.5万磅食物，为 Kansas City 的家庭提供了2万多份餐食。
（来源：美国环保署）
EPA Region 7 Highlights Food-Waste Reduction Ahead of the Holidays: Kansas City Partners Recovered Nearly 25,000 Pounds of Food During the World Cup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 office hosted a panel discussion in Lenexa, Kansas, on November 9, highlighting how partners in its Feed It Onward initiative across the Heartland are working together to fight food waste and support communities in need, ahead of the holiday season.
EPA's Feed It Onward initiative spotlights organizations that take surplus food to feed families, support agriculture, be composted, or power American homes and businesses, instead of ending up in a landfill. "As we kick off the holiday season and start menu planning for celebrations, EPA Region 7 is highlighting local organizations that are ensuring good food goes to people and not in the garbage," said EPA Region 7 Administrator Jim Macy. "Our partners have diverted millions of pounds of food waste from landfills, and the impact of their innovative models continues to grow."
Panelists included Compost Collective and Urbavore Farm, Kanbe's Markets, KC Can Compost and Pete's Garden of Kansas City, Missouri; the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation of Jefferson City, Missouri; and The Outreach Program of Union, Iowa. Many of Missouri's Feed It Onward partners are working together through a nearly $5 million Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant awarded to the city of Kansas City, Missouri, which is being used in part to expand the city's organics collection program and develop partnerships with local markets to build a food rescue and waste diversion program.
During the panel, partners highlighted recent achievements associated with large regional events. During this summer's World Cup, KC Can Compost diverted more than 49,000 pounds of compostable material from Kansas City landfills, and Pete's Garden recovered close to 25,000 pounds of food that provided more than 20,000 meals to Kansas City families.
(Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
来源：美国环保署
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图片来源：图：环保署第七区「Feed It Onward」座谈与会者合影。美国环保署官方照片。 / Photo: Panelists at EPA Region 7's Feed It Onward discussion. U.S. EPA photo.
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