Food Loss and Waste Successes from the U.S. and Canada

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ North America Liaison Office co-hosted a virtual roundtable session to showcase “Food Loss and Waste Successes from the U.S. and Canada.” Speakers shared their experiences of increasing sustainable food management in Baltimore, Denver, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Guelph, Ontario. The webinar also includes remarks from Dr. Jean Buzby, USDA’s Food Loss and Waste Liaison, and Jocelyn Brown Hall, the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America based in Washington, DC.


Approx. Time at Start Speaker Agenda
0:00 Moderated by Kimberly Sullivan, Communications Coordinator, FAO
2:01 Opening remarks by Dr. Jean Buzby
USDA Food Loss & Waste Liaison
17:42 Denise Philippe
Senior Policy Advisor at the National Zero Waste Council, Vancouver

32:07 David Messer
Executive Director at the Smart Cities Office, City of Guelph
45:04 Ava Richardson, Director of Sustainability &
Cara Murray, Administrative Analyst at the Baltimore Office of Sustainability
1:00:10 Laine Sidlowski
Denver Department of Public Health & the Environment
1:12:37 Moderated Q&A
1:31:00
Closing remarks by Jocelyn Brown Hall
FAO North America Liaison Office Director