WASTED! The Story of Food Waste Film Screening

Baltimore’s Office of Sustainability and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will co-host a screening of WASTED! The Story of Food Waste. In the U.S., 40% of all food produced is never eaten while millions go hungry. Across Baltimore City – 25% of the waste produced is wasted food and a third of all materials we throw out are compostable. WASTED! aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien – audiences will see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. WASTED! exposes the criminality of food waste, how it’s directly contributing to climate change and shows us how each of we can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st Century – food wasted. Following the screening, we will have a panel discussion from area food waste warriors and announce the awardees of the Baltimore Food Matters grants.