Harvest Donation Program Airports Going Green Conference November 5, 2012
Food Waste in America 2010
Hunger in America U.S. Food Insecure Households World Hunger Association, 2010
Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy* Source Reduction Reduce the volume of food waste generated Feed People Donate extra food to food banks, soup kitchens and shelters Feed Animals Provide food to farmers Industrial Uses Provide fats for rendering and food discards for animal feed production Composting Convert food scraps into a nutrient rich soil amendment Landfill Waste * US EPA has developed a food waste recovery hierarchy to illustrate how productive use can be made of excess food. The hierarchy emphasizes practices that provide the greatest ecological, economic, and social benefits, with disposal as the last option.
Who is Food Donation Connection? Coordinated and managed donation programs since 1992 From 15,000+ food service providers including: Airports, Motorways, Restaurants, Hospitals, Sports Venues, Universities, Retail To 8,600+ non-profit organizations In U.S. & Canada; developing in Europe Over 260 million pounds (meals) since 1992 35 million pounds in 2011 (1.5 million pick ups)
What does Food Donation Connection do? Develop food safe and operationally compatible processes for food donation programs Identify and link qualified non-profit agencies to pick up donations Coordinate and manage day-to-day activities (problems/procedures) Complete valuations for incremental tax deductions Track all individual donations Provide period reporting for Location and Operations reviews Supply period and year end data for donor s 8283
Many Industry Leaders Donate Surplus Prepared Food
What is a Harvest Program?
Prepared Food Donation Process Identify Measure Store Record Package
Prepared Food Donation Process Pickup Serve or Distribute Transport
Wholesome Food for Donation
Wholesome Food for Donation
Sample of Organizations Receiving Surplus Prepared Food
What can be donated? Terminal RTE (Grab and Go) Quick Service (Internal hold time expired) Causal Dining Commissary (LTO, discontinued or expiring) Retail (Food and non-food items) Transitional Food (Closing concepts) Airline On-board Catering (non-international) Airline Suppliers Airline Catering (LSG Sky Chefs, Gate Gourmet, Servair )
More Than Food Used Kitchen Equipment Used Restaurant Furniture Plate ware Uniforms * Used products do not qualify for incremental tax savings
You Can Make a Difference From January - October 2012, 48 participating HMSHost Airports have Donated: 671,124 food Items To local charities
Prepared Food Donations Part of the solution Maintain the highest quality for the traveler Variety of food and consistent supply Local availability Readily accessible Immediate impact on the lives of people Positive impact on environment Free to hunger relief organizations U.S. Congress encourages with tax incentives
Why Donate? Improved quality to customer Employee morale Waste reduction Sustainability Local availability Immediate impact Enhanced public relations Tax laws encourage donations
Airports with Harvest Participants Chicago (ORD) Milwaukee (MKE) Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) Newark (EWR) St. Louis (STL) Atlanta (ATL) Birmingham (BHM) Charlotte (CLT) Columbus (CMH) Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Dayton (DAY) Fort Myers (RSW) Houston (IAH) Indianapolis (IND) Jackson (JAN) Jacksonville (JAX) Knoxville (TYS) Little Rock (LIT) Louisville (SDF) Lubbock (LBB) Memphis (MEM) Miami (MIA) Nashville (BNA) Orlando (MCO) Raleigh/Durham (RDU) San Antonio (SAT) Sarasota (SRQ) Savannah (SAV) Tampa (TPA) Anchorage (ANC) Boise (BOI) Denver (DEN) El Paso (ELP) Fresno (FAT) Honolulu (HNL) Las Vegas (LAS) Los Angeles (LAX) Oakland (OAK) Palm Springs (PSP) Sacramento (SMF) Salt Lake City (SLC) San Diego (SAN) San Jose (SJC) Santa Ana/John Wayne (SNA) Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) Spokane (GEG)