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Commission explores city partnership with Rooted In for food-waste grant; staff to follow up
Summary
The commission discussed Rooted In’s interest in a grant for household food-waste prevention and whether the city can partner as pass-through and/or co-applicant; staff said the grant application is intensive and listed a September 1 deadline in the materials.
The Green Bay Sustainability Commission heard an update from its waste-reduction work group about potential collaboration with the nonprofit Rooted In to pursue a national food‑waste prevention grant.
Work-group member Jeanette Cannell said she and Marissa met with Selena Darrow of Rooted In, who would like to apply for Innovator or Catalyst grants under the national household food-waste prevention program but lacks grant-writing capacity. Cannell said Rooted In requested city partnership because it cannot manage the application on its own.
Melissa, city staff, agreed to review the opportunity and follow up with the nonprofit. Staff reviewed the meeting materials during the session and noted the submission deadline listed in the packet is September 1. Commissioners warned the application appears intensive — requiring a narrative, monitoring and evaluation framework, and letters from partner organizations — and discussed capacity constraints for staff to lead preparation. “I’m willing to look into it,” Melissa said.
Other waste-reduction items included outreach to local businesses and potential food-waste recyclers. The work-group report listed contacts at Festival Foods and named an energy manager, Cody Sandahl, as a point of contact for where store food waste currently goes; the group also plans to reach out to commercial food‑waste recycling firms and to local university and school-district partners for coordination.
What happens next: Staff said they will follow up with Selena Darrow and review the grant details, including reporting and compliance obligations. The commission placed work-group updates on file later in the meeting as a single motion.
No formal city financial commitment or grant application was recorded at this meeting.
