Loop Closing is proud to announce our partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Center (NRDC) to update the guidance and data collection system for DC's Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Community Compost Cooperative. The NRDC is an international environmental non-profit group with headquarters all over the globe. Their priorities are vast and include food safety, pollution control, livestock production, climate change, healthy eating, and food waste. Through rese

Last fall, we teamed up with our partners Recycle Leaders and Soilful to implement a Community Action Grant funded by Sustainability DC 2.0. The grant supported piloting the "Team Up on Food Waste @ DC Wards 7 and 8" action research project to work with DC residents living in some of our most marginalized neighborhoods where families face significant food access and food security challenges. We wrote about it in this blog here. Recycle Leaders is a social enterprise that hel

Our Washington, DC dynamic partner, Recycle Leaders, has organized and launched a fun, inclusive, and relevant way to commemorate Earth Month - Make the Most of Food challenge! By Thursday, April 1, sign up to remotely join teams representing schools and organizations from across the country to "Make the Most of Food" together for Earth Month 2021. During the 4-week civic action challenge, teams of households will track what, why, and how much food is discarded in a week and

During the campaign, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff said that he would use his groundbreaking role to elevate food insecurity and its issues. On his first solo public outing, which took place right here in Washington, DC, he made efforts on that promise by meeting with our partner nonprofit organization, Dreaming Out Loud (DOL). They have the dual mission of decreasing food insecurity and increasing economic opportunity for Washingtonians, and we lead their composting operation

Hello, Fellow Compost Champions, Need something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving? Look no further than the DC City Council! You probably know that the District's Zero Waste Omnibus Amendment Act has been revived. In their first reading, the Council voted unanimously for it last Tuesday, November 17; the second vote is scheduled for next Tuesday, December 1. Now is the time to thank our Councilmembers for their support and remind them to vote again for this influential bil

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