Wasted Food Action Alliance

The Wasted Food Action Alliance (WFAA) was founded in 2017 to make Illinois a leader in reducing wasted food and its impact on our climate by supporting connections between people, initiatives, technology, education, and policy while sharing resources to prevent food waste, rescue food to nourish hungry people or animals, and recycle food scraps to build healthy soil.

SGA is a founding organization and leads the group, with partner Bight Beat, to convene food system conversations, drive collaboration, and promote Illinois participation in national Food Waste Prevention Week.

WFAA’s Vision

• Collaboration: We connect people working for and in the food system (growers, distributors, businesses, healthcare systems, educators, rescuers, recyclers, etc.) throughout Illinois through convenings, educational events, and a variety of communication platforms.
• Education: We develop, identify, and disseminate resources for reducing wasted food while emphasizing the many benefits of food waste reduction for individuals, businesses, communities, and the environment.
• Equity: We are committed to educating ourselves and learning from diverse communities to cultivate humility and improve our ability to reimagine and demand a just and resilient food system that centers the needs of people and communities who have been, and still are, marginalized.
• Good Stewardship and Sustainability: We address the links between wasted food and climate impacts in order to encourage healthy practices that are good for farmers, workers, eaters, soil, and the planet.

Get more details at the WFAA website or 
contact us for more information.
Jen Dowd, Program Director – jennifer@sevengenerationsahead.org