WWU Food Recovery Network

05/15/2021

04/12/2021

Sustainable Connections will be hosting an awesome discussion tomorrow focused around re-imagining food systems to reduce waste after the pandemic. It will be held on Zoom from 4-5:30pm PST. Any and all are welcome to join!

Join us one week from today, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 AT 4 PM PST – 5:30 PM PST for the , Future of Wasted Food; Waste & Whatnot 🥕

🌱 Panel of Food Waste Reduction Experts 🌱
*Jackie Wincek of
DC Central Kitchen ; Procurement and Sustainability Specialist
*Chef Craig Hetherington
Seattle Culinary Academy ; Chef Instructor | Taste restaurant ; Executive Chef
*More to be announced soon!

Food waste is contributing to climate change and food insecurity, and the pandemic amplified these problems. We want to reimagine the food chain; what if we can change the way food establishments operate so things don’t just go “back to normal” but instead go forward towards change? Join us as we hear from experts in food recovery across the country. Come with your questions, ideas, and be ready to participate in the conversation.

RSVP today via our Facebook Event! https://www.facebook.com/events/458507001936752


Eat Local First NW Eat Local First

12/28/2020

Hey everyone, we are looking for more people to join our group to divert food waste in Bellingham. Send us a message if you're interested in local sustainability and would like to contribute your time and energy to donating food to those in need during this cold winter. Commitments involve Sunday morning recoveries at the two Bellingham co-op locations which require reliable transportation and the ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
- FRN Leadership Team

11/17/2020

Happy Monday Everyone!

This Wednesday, November 18th, at 6pm Mark Peterson with Sustainable Connections will be giving a virtual presentation to the WWU Surfrider Club, and we would love for any interested FRN members to attend as well! Sustainable Connections is a local organization focused on the promotion of a thriving community through innovation, collaboration, and action. They work toward this mission through programs addressing issues such as zero waste, energy efficiency, smart growth, food accessibility, and thinking local. In his presentation, Mark plans to discuss these efforts, inform students on new projects underway, and address ways in which we can make an impact within our community. There will also be plenty of time for questions, so please feel free to check out the Sustainable Connections website if you’d like to explore further: https://sustainableconnections.org

Everyone is welcome to attend this virtual meeting, so please spread the word! And if you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. Here is the Zoom login info:

Topic: Sustainable Connections Presentation
Time: Wednesday (11/18) at 6pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/j/8217660385?pwd=OTcxd2xCdkdLYUVkeFQwQ1haRTJaZz09

Meeting ID: 821 766 0385
Passcode: surf2020

Hope to see you there!
-FRN Leadership Team

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01/30/2020

We are looking for a recovery leader this Saturday (2/1) if anybody wants to sign up!

01/12/2020

Update: due to snow, we are postponing our meeting to January 21st at 6:00 pm.

Our beginning of the quarter meeting is coming up! Join us on Tuesday, January 14th at 6 pm in Humanities 102 to discuss volunteer logistics, meeting with Feeding Western and the Office of Sustainability, and any other ideas you have. If you are new to the club, welcome! We'd love to see you at this meeting to read over a few forms and get you signed up as an official volunteer!

If you are interested in meeting with FW and OS staff, fill out your availability here for scheduling: https://www.when2meet.com/?8549306-3NlDg

Don't forget to sign up for recoveries this quarter. See you all soon!

10/02/2019

Tonight we will kick off the quarter with our fall meeting at 5pm in Miller 114! Come on by for information on how to take part in diverting food from trash cans on campus and addressing food insecurity in our community!

04/09/2019

So far this academic year, WWU Food Recovery Network has recovered 1059 pounds of food on campus.

Are you interested in recovering even more food as a volunteer? Come join our Spring meeting in BI 212 this Thursday 4/11 at 6 pm!

02/09/2019

Snow, rain, or shine, we can always count on our volunteers to run recoveries! Thanks to this awesome team, 53 pounds of food was collected tonight.

Feel free to message our page if you would like to join us next week.

01/15/2019

We're excited to announce that as of today, we are officially a WWU club! Recoveries will still proceed as usual, but we're also hoping to meet once a quarter or so to talk about recruitment, structure, and to all get to meet each other :) We're hoping to have our first meeting soon, so if you would be interested in attending, please fill out this Doodle poll with *all* your available times. If none of these times work, let us know and we look into alternatives. 🙂

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06/18/2018

With the 2017-2018 school year now officially over, we are happy to announce our chapter recovered 3218 pounds of food! We couldn’t have imagined having this much impact in our community. This is all due to the dedication and hard work of our amazing volunteers! All 3218 pounds were saved from waste and made it into the bellies of those who needed it most. We want to extend a huge thank you to every person who has helped support our chapter as well as to our amazing volunteers and all of the hard work they put in this year. See you all in September!

06/07/2018

We did it!!! A whopping 3000 pounds of food! Thanks to some unplanned recoveries yesterday from the Atrium and the VU Market our 2017-2018 weight total was brought to 3006.1 pounds! With two more weeks of recoveries to go we are excited to see how much more we can tack on.