Sustainable Management of Food

Anaerobic Digestion
- EPA has selected 12 recipients for funding in the Supporting Anaerobic Digestion in Communities Grant!
- Check out the most recent Anaerobic Digestion Facilities Processing Food Waste in the United States
Version 2.1 of the Excess Food Opportunities Map
- This interactive map has been updated and now displays nearly 1.2 million potential excess food generators and about 5,000 potential recipients of excess food.
2019 Food Recovery Challenge Award Winners Announced!
- Check out our 2019 National and Regional Winners
Winning on Reducing Food Waste Interagency Initiative
The Winning on Reducing Food Waste Federal Interagency Strategy prioritizes the action areas in which the federal agencies will coordinate to reduce food loss and waste

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Sustainable Management of Food

What Businesses, Institutions and Other Organizations Can Do

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Food Recovery Hierarchy Triangle in Six Steps. Top (most preferred) to bottom (least preferred): Source Reduction, Feed Hungry People, Feed Animals, Industrial Uses, Composting, and Landfill/Incineration.

To learn more about the tiers of the hierarchy, click on the topic.

Watch how EPA, USDA, and FDA are working together through their Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative.

Sustainable Management of Food

Anaerobic Digestion

Version 2.1 of the Excess Food Opportunities Map

2019 Food Recovery Challenge Award Winners Announced!

Winning on Reducing Food Waste Interagency Initiative

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Sustainable Management of Food

Local and Regional Resources

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