Breakout Peer-to-Peer Discussions on Roadmap to 2030 Key Action Areas

Past Event

April 27, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Location

Virtual

Join your fellow FWAN Members for an opportunity to hear from one another about their ongoing projects and share your asks or offers with other FWAN members. We hope you will leave feeling both inspired and connected to others in the Network who are working in similar spaces!

Details

We will sort attendees into breakout groups according to ReFED’s seven Key Action Areas, and specifically the four action areas that cover the latter half of the food supply chain. More information about specific topics we will cover in each breakout room is below. You will choose which breakout room you prefer when registering for the event.

This is our first FWAN networking event so we will be holding future sessions which will cover additional topics in the food waste space in the coming months.

Breakout 1: Maximize Product Utilization

Maximizing product utilization means designing facilities, operations, and menus to use as much of each product as possible. It also means rethinking the concept of “waste” by turning surplus and byproducts into food products through upcycling, which has opened new doors for innovation and investment. Examples of related solution areas include:

Manufacturing Byproduct Utilization (upcycling)
Active & Intelligent Packaging
Manufacturing Line Optimization
Edible Coatings
In-house Repurposing
Improved Recipe Planning
Precision Food Safety

Breakout 2: Reshape Consumer Environments

Reshaping consumer environments means driving consumers toward better food management and less waste by creating shopping, cooking, and eating environments that promote those behaviors. There’s also a big opportunity to shift our overall culture to place more value on food and to make sure that people truly understand the implications of food waste for our environment, economy, and more. Examples of related solution areas include:

Portion Sizes
Meal Kits
Consumer Education Campaigns
Standardized Date Labels
Package Design
Trayless
Small Plates
Buffet Signage
K-12 Education Campaigns
K-12 Lunch Improvements
Home Shelf-life Extension Technologies
Smart Home Devices

Breakout 3: Strengthen Food Rescue

Strengthening food rescue means furthering the rescue of high-quality, nutritious food by increasing the capacity of food relief agencies, addressing distribution bottlenecks, and improving communication flow. Examples of related solution areas include:

Donation Education
Donation Transportation
Donation Storage Handling & Capacity
Donation Coordination & Matching
Donation Value-added Processing
Blast Chilling to Enable Donations
Donation Reverse Logistics

Breakout 4: Recycle Anything Remaining

Recycling anything remaining means capturing nutrients, energy, or other residual value by finding the highest and best use for any food or food scraps that remain. Solutions in this action area range from mature practices of feeding food scraps to livestock, to modern innovations such as insect farming. Examples of related solution areas include: