Why We Do the Work
How do we create meaningful change that brings us closer together ?
How do we tend to the world we wish to see ?
We don’t want to sustain the way things have been done because that is what got us here. We want to regenerate the relationships that have been destroyed, our relationships with one-another and relationships with the systems that nourish us.
Our Vision
Enabling communities to reach their full potential through the reframing of waste streams as valuable resources to transform regional food systems while building wealth and political power through employee ownership.
People
Across the United States and in Northeast Ohio especially, food security and access provides daily challenges for large portions of our population. By refocusing our regions efforts on a more equitable food system, and by diminishing the amount of food waste we sent to landfills, we believe our work can begin to change this sad reality.
Planet
When food enters landfills, that organic material emits methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas that accelerates climate change. By simply diverting food from entering landfills, we not only avoid those harmful emissions, but have the chance to create climate-positive materials like soil from them.
Prosperity
In the United States, an average family will simply throw away as much as $1,500 worth of perfectly edible food. This waste costs our economy significant sums of money and roughly 1.4% of our GDP, by avoiding this needless waste, we can redirect those funds to invest in infrastructure and services to divert that material from landfills.
