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How a Mesa Food Bank Took on Reducing Its Food Waste

Welcome to Table Scraps, a monthly series on food-related waste and sustainability, and what some eateries, farms, institutes, and households are doing right. This isn’t a guilt trip, just a way to unpack initiatives attempting to reduce food waste, maybe address climate change. We explore backyard composting to city programs, restaurant tips to technology, and anything related to this global issue. Heat up those leftovers, and settle in. United Food Bank in Mesa does the opposite of wasting food: It rescues about 8 million pounds of food from grocery stores every year. It then collaborates with more than 200 partner agencies that oversee more than 260 separate programs to feed those in need. Still, its CEO Dave Richins says the organization recently began thinking about how it could waste less food.

Relief money spent, Mesa ponders next moves

Mesa’s pandemic relief efforts combined  millions in federal dollars, a redeployed army of city employees and a strong network of non-profit organizations to aid thousands of people in different ways. But the once powerful outreach from Mesa CARES has run out of gas, leaving behind a patchwork of programs to help the needy while a second wave of COVID-19 rages through Arizona. “It’s kind of a work in progress,’’ Deputy City Manager Natalie Lewis. “We spent all the dollars. They are no longer available.’’ She said the funding expired at the end of December and Mesa will not need to return any money to federal officials because “the entire amount was invested in eligible programs and services.’’ 

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