Nearly one in four Californians suffer from food insecurity. 

 

Yet more than 11 billion pounds of edible food is wasted every year in California.  

 

Organic waste, including food waste, decomposes in landfills releasing methane emissions that account for 20% of the state’s methane. Methane is a short-lived climate super pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Reducing methane has the fastest impact on the climate crisis.