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Pierce County proclaims April 7–13 Food Waste Prevention Week as local groups outline rescue efforts
Summary
The Pierce County Council and executive declared April 7–13 Food Waste Prevention Week and heard presentations from local food-rescue partners who described programs that capture surplus fresh food for people in need and redirect produce from landfills.
Pierce County Council members and the executive proclaimed April 7–13, 2025, as Food Waste Prevention Week and received presentations from local food-rescue and culinary partners describing how surplus produce and donated food are being redirected to people in need.
Council member Murrell read the proclamation into the record, noting national and state figures included in the text: the proclamation cites that roughly 40% of food grown in the United States is not eaten and that Washington residents visited food banks more than 13 million times in 2024. The proclamation also references Pierce County’s Sustainability 2030 plan and local programs such as Harvest Pierce County and GoodRoots Northwest.
During the presentation, Chef Eliza Charbonneau, Pierce County Skills Center Culinary Arts Program director, said the program rescues “hundreds of pounds of…
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