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Media Advisory No. PENDING Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-2643
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe to Launch U.S. Food Waste Challenge
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013— TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will launch the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, a nationwide effort to reduce, recover and recycle U.S. food waste.
Representatives from Rio Farms, Unilever, General Mills, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, Feeding America and Rock and Wrap It Up! will also be present.
In 2010, 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants, and homes never made it into people’s stomachs.
To learn more, visit: http://www.usda.gov/oce/foodwaste/index.htm or join us on Twitter using #FoodWasteChallenge.
RSVPs are requested to FoodWasteChallenge@xxxxxxxxxxxx.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11 a.m. EDT WHAT: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will launch the U.S. Food Waste Challenge.
WHERE: U.S. Department of Agriculture- Whitten Patio 14th & Jefferson Ave SW Washington, DC
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