{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"New York Food Waste Action Network Launches to Cut Climate Pollution and Fight Hunger","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":712,"description":"Reducing food waste could be one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to cut climate pollution in New York. A new statewide coalition launching today — the New York Food Waste Action Network — aims to do just that.The coalition brings together farmers, businesses, hunger relief organizations and environmental advocates to reduce the amount of food sent to landfills, where it generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The goal: curb emissions while redirecting more surplus food to communities in need.New Yorkers waste roughly 22,000 metric tons of food each year, costing households an estimated $141 million in lost grocery spending. When that food ends up in landfills, it produces significant emissions — accounting for more than half of landfill methane statewide.“This is something, as you can imagine, I’m incredibly excited about,” said Niamh Moore, director of Healthy Communities at Environmental Advocates NY. “The Food Waste Action Network is a group of environmental climate and food rescue organizations who all come together to reduce the amount of food that New Yorkers are wasting, which will save us money, help reduce emissions and really hopefully get through to those who most need it.”A Statewide CoalitionFounding partners include City Harvest, Island Harvest Food Bank, Earthjustice, and Environmental Advocates NY.“Our mission is clear,” Moore said. “What we want to do is we want to influence New York State and local food waste policy so that we can increase food access, stop the flow of food to landfills and reduce unnecessary methane emissions.”Why Food Waste Is “Low-Hanging Fruit” for Climate ActionMoore calls food waste “low-hanging fruit” in the fight against climate change.“It’s really low-hanging fruit because food waste simply doesn’t have to happen,” she said. “We can stop buying food that we don’t need. We can donate excess food before it goes out of date so that we can get it to those most in need and stop it going to landfills.”When...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}