{"id":14816,"date":"2018-03-06T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=14816"},"modified":"2018-03-06T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:09:29","slug":"food-waste-prevention-week-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-unused-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/03\/06\/food-waste-prevention-week-aims-to-raise-awareness-about-unused-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste Prevention Week Aims to Raise Awareness about Unused Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Secretary Ross discusses Food Waste Prevention Week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AA-8Ts_RDNQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CDFA, in coordination with the Governor\u2019s Office of Planning and Research, the Strategic Growth Council, the California Department of Public Health, and other partners, is pleased to announce March 5-9, 2018, as \u201cFood Waste Prevention Week\u201d in California.<\/p>\n<p>Forty percent of all food waste occurs at the individual or household level, and 90 percent of Americans throw away food too soon due to unfamiliarity with confusing expiration date labels. \u00a0According to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refed.com\/?sort=economic-value-per-ton\"> ReFED<\/a>, a nonprofit specializing in reducing food waste in the United States, 52 million tons of food is sent to landfills annually. 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