Leftovers with a Purpose: Turning Party Extras into Community Good

Events are great for bringing people together, raising money, and justifying three different kinds of dessert. But when the guests go home and the buffet is still half full, all that extra food can quietly turn into a big waste problem. In the U.S., nearly 40% of the food supply is wasted each year, much of it ending up in landfills and contributing to methane emissions and climate change. At the same time, about 47 million people in the U.S. live in food-insecure households, including nearly 14 million children.