Department of Small & Local Business Development is already a mouthful! Thanks for making your way through my title, Jubi!

Congrats to Denver on that! What a reminder that citizen-led ballot initiatives can be so powerful!

WOW.

Not PROSCIUTTO!!!

Food scraps tasting - tell us more!

Check out RescueDish that Lesly referenced as the DC inspiration! https://rescuedish.org

To learn more about the findings: https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CETs-Findings-Engaging-Denver-Restaurants-for-Increased-Food-Donation-Activity.pdf

thanks

That's awesome! We started an overall Emergency Food Providers network during COVID that has evolved to food rescue and last-mile food distribution points, like pantries. Love the flyer, too, Lesly!

Remember, this webinar is recorded, so anything you might have missed during the webinar (like our speakers' contact information) you'll be able to view later. We'll post the recording on our webinar recording at www.usmayors.org/mwma.

Mike, that's amazing! SO COOL.

Fascinating to see those tipping fees, Mike -- what an incredible way to support businesses.

Here's a link to the Center for Ecotechnology report (on barriers to donations, etc.) that Lesly mentioned in her presentation: https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CETs-Findings-Engaging-Denver-Restaurants-for-Increased-Food-Donation-Activity.pdf

Find the spotlights here! - https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LEDC_Spotlight.pdf, and DC-specific resources here https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/states/washingtondc/

Find the spotlights here! - https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LEDC_Spotlight.pdf, and DC-specific resources here https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/states/washingtondc/

You can reach Caroline at caroline.howe@dc.gov and Alex at asamaniego@ledcmetro.org

For anyone who donates food to food pantries, did you have to change any local laws to protect donators from liability issues in case anyone gets sick?

Good question, Judy. There are liability protections at the federal level

Thank you.

https://dcfoodpolicy.org/policy/legislation/

Excellent Information all around. Thank you all!

https://chlpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Organic-Waste-Bans_FINAL-compressed.pdf

https://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IIJA-Program-Appendix-for-Environment-and-Climate.pdf

This is the source of resources that were included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legis

legislation

Thanks for having us!

Thank you for having us!

This was great!

Thank you everyone for joining! Feel free to reach out Coryanne.mansell@cetonline.org