{"id":2961,"date":"2022-06-04T23:39:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T03:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/?page_id=2961"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:28:44","slug":"why-stop-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/why-stop-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Stop Food Waste?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65{background-image:linear-gradient(60deg,rgb(8,46,88) 47%,rgb(65,118,161) 93%);}.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2961_449de2-65 alignfull kt-row-has-bg um-UMBHHeaderNoImage wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2961_9d2531-73 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_9d2531-73\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:45px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c12781-1c\">Why Stop Wasted food? <\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1000px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:75px;padding-right:70px;padding-bottom:75px;padding-left:70px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f{background-color:#faf4ec;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2961_3eff4b-6f alignfull kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_229bdd-2e\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:left;font-size:18px;line-height:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\"]{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\"]{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_981dfc-69\">Forty percent of food is wasted every year. When we stop wasting Maine&#8217;s valuable food, we can: <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id2961_6c7219-50 > .kt-row-column-wrap{row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);padding-right:25px;padding-left:23px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap 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.kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kadence-column2961_1aebf5-68, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column2961_1aebf5-68:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_1aebf5-68\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3cc7eb-83\">Save Money = The Trifecta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Research shows that approximately&nbsp;<strong>40% of the food that we produce ends up in the trash<\/strong>. The average family of four wastes about $3000 per year on food that never gets eaten!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We waste money in three ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When&nbsp;<strong>we waste the food that we purchased<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When we throw away food,&nbsp;<strong>we waste the valuable resources used to produce food<\/strong>, like fresh water, labor, energy and land. With well-documented shortages of water, energy, and labor leading to sky-high prices, this \u201csecond\u201d cost of wasted food is important and growing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally,&nbsp;<strong>we waste money disposing of wasted food<\/strong>. Maine residents and towns are faced with escalating costs for trashing their wasted food due to limited landfill capacity and higher prices for gas and labor \u2013 the key components of wasted food disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_66dcfb-12 img.kb-inline-image, 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.kt-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed\"]{color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed\"] a:hover, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_20045e-ed:hover, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_20045e-ed:hover .kt-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed\"]{color:#ed6f48;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link2961_20045e-ed{text-decoration:none;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link2961_20045e-ed hls-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/resources\/wasted-how-america-losing-40-percent-its-food-farm-fork-landfill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed wp-block-kadence-advancedheading kt-adv-heading-has-icon hls-none\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_20045e-ed\"><span class=\"kb-adv-text-inner\">How the US is losing up to 40% of Its Food<\/span><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-adv-heading-icon kb-svg-icon-fe_arrowRight kb-adv-heading-icon-side-right\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"  fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><line x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\/><polyline points=\"12 5 19 12 12 19\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2961_8d0ef1-60 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column2961_8d0ef1-60 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column2961_8d0ef1-60 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2961_8d0ef1-60 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2961_8d0ef1-60 > 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Represents that 40% of food is wasted\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-2166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2021\/12\/IMG_4398.jpg 480w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2021\/12\/IMG_4398-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2021\/12\/IMG_4398-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2021\/12\/IMG_4398-317x423.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2021\/12\/IMG_4398-423x564.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2961_381578-51 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2961_381578-51 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2961_381578-51 > 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shelves at a grocery store\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2022\/06\/Untitled-design-3-1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,500px\" 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.kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec:not(.specificity){margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_50b62e-ec\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_3e13e0-11\">Fight Food SHortages and Rising Food Prices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you feel like there is nothing you can do about the empty shelves and rising prices at your local food store?&nbsp;<strong>Well, by ending wasted food in your home, you are lowering demand for food at your local food store.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lower demand for food means that shelves can stay full longer.&nbsp;<strong>By shopping your own refrigerator and pantry&nbsp;<em>BEFORE<\/em>&nbsp;you go to the store, you can avoid paying today\u2019s higher prices<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 and maybe also be a part of a larger effort to reduce inflationary demand that leads to higher prices.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_13c2cc-8f\"] 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.wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_9db224-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2961_9db224-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kadence-column2961_9db224-74, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column2961_9db224-74:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_9db224-74\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_b6ba09-a5 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img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_652d00-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_652d00-06\"] a, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06 .kt-adv-heading2961_652d00-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_652d00-06\"]{color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_652d00-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_652d00-06\"] a:hover, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06:hover, .kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06:hover .kt-adv-heading2961_652d00-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_652d00-06\"]{color:#ed6f48;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_652d00-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_652d00-06\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06{text-decoration:none;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link2961_652d00-06 hls-none\" href=\"https:\/\/anr.vermont.gov\/news\/UR-food-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2961_b4cb75-d8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2961_b4cb75-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2961_b4cb75-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_b4cb75-d8\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_63fca8-36\">&#8220;I was on the phone with a truck driver at 7:30 last night&#8230; he said &#8216;I&#8217;ve got a pallet of potatoes that&#8217;s gotta come off the truck.&#8217; I said, &#8216;you want it off tonight?&#8217; He goes, &#8216;can you take it off tonight?&#8217; I said, &#8216;I sure can, send it up to my warehouse I&#8217;ll have a guy there to unload it.&#8217; Boom- we got a pallet of potatoes. Those pallets are going to our pantries, those pallets are going to feed folks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_bc272b-e0\">&#8211; Dixie Shaw, Program Director for Catholic Charities of Maine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2961_83d24c-f1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2961_83d24c-f1 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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.kadence-column2961_b957f1-40{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_b957f1-40{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_b957f1-40 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2961_b957f1-40 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kadence-column2961_b957f1-40, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column2961_b957f1-40:not(.specificity){margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_b957f1-40\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_f5e9b5-b3\">Support Local Farming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For wasted food that is no longer good and edible for people, we can help Maine farmers by ensuring that this food goes to helping them save on feed costs for their chickens, pigs, and other livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With animal feed costs rising just like the cost of our own food (which is also contributing to higher prices at the stores), our local farmers would greatly benefit from having food scraps to feed their animals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even for food that is no longer edible for animals,<strong>&nbsp;there are valuable nutrients and energy in these food scraps that can enrich the soil through composting<\/strong>. With a growing number of Maine home and community food composting programs, we can turn our wasted food into \u201cblack gold\u201d that will create value for Maine\u2019s farms.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_1ede6c-e7\"] 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_d5b0aa-99 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.kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-start;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_823e24-a2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image2961_e9279d-b2 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2961_e9279d-b2 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2024\/03\/gulf-ofmaine-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-4468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2024\/03\/gulf-ofmaine-1.jpeg 416w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2024\/03\/gulf-ofmaine-1-223x300.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/foodrescuemaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/615\/2024\/03\/gulf-ofmaine-1-105x140.jpeg 105w, 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1024px){.kadence-column2961_a2453a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column2961_a2453a-55{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_a2453a-55{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column2961_a2453a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2961_a2453a-55 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kadence-column2961_a2453a-55, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column2961_a2453a-55:not(.specificity){margin-top:-15px;margin-bottom:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_a2453a-55\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_130767-50 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_130767-50\">Protect Maine&#8217;s Natural Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When we throw away our food, we are directly contributing to air and water pollution, as well as depriving our local soil of essential nutrients.&nbsp;<strong>Food that is trashed is primarily brought to Maine landfills.<\/strong>&nbsp;These landfills were created for dry trash and never intended to hold wet wasted food.&nbsp;<strong>As a result, the toxic wet liquid from wasted food (leachate) will often leak out of these landfills and pollute local waterways and wells.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A smaller part of our wasted food is brought to \u2018waste-to-energy\u2019 plants,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>where trash is burned, a process that pours pollution into the atmosphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the natural circular food system process requires that the nutrients in food are eventually returned to the earth as compost.&nbsp;<strong>Adding this food back into the soil as compost&nbsp; enriches our soils and enables us to grow more food on the same Maine acreage. By interfering with these natural processes and trashing our excess food, we deprive our soils of the nutrients they need.<\/strong>&nbsp;This lack of nutrients eventually leads to rich soils becoming worthless dirt incapable of feeding future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_15437f-db, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_15437f-db[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_15437f-db\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_15437f-db mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_15437f-db[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_15437f-db\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_15437f-db img.kb-inline-image, 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class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2961_482373-7b alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2961_a012ad-b8\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_85649d-ae\">&#8220;On average, a little over 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. All of the food that is wasted is also unnecessary greenhouse gasses that are serving society in no positive ways. In addition, wasted food is wasted land. 91¸£Àû half of the habitable land on the planet we used for agriculture. And the amount of that that we use to produce food waste where that land could be part of the solution, that land therefore is part of the problem. We are eroding our soils on the planet 10-100x the rate at which they are forming, and so that trajectory is unsustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\"]{margin-top:0px;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:forma-djr-micro;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2961_c236a6-e5\">&#8211; Ivan Fernandez, soil scientist, biogeochemist, distinguished 91¸£Àû professor, Maine Climate Council co-chair<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2961_fa9f20-43 > 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