Food Waste Awareness Week

03/05/2018 - 03/09/2018
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The Diocese of San Diego, through Catholic Charities, has joined a coordinated multi-sector effort to raise awareness about the impacts of food waste in California during the week of March 5 – 9, 2018. In California, nearly 5 million people lack consistent access to enough food. Roughly 1 in 8 are experiencing hunger and 1 in 5 of those are children. Californians throw away nearly 12 billion pounds of food each year, wasting precious land, energy, and human resources. During this Lenten Season, let’s take a look at what we buy and what we actually “need” and consider sharing some of our  resources with the many who have so little.

“And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”

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During this week, a range of partners statewide will come together to raise awareness about the impacts of food waste in our homes, workplaces, and communities.