2019 Food Waste Summit

Past Event

October 28-30, 2019

Location

City View at Metreon, San Francisco, CA

The largest gathering of the most influential food waste experts committed to unlocking the $100 billion+ opportunity to reduce food waste in half by 2030.

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The 2019 Food Waste Summit, hosted by ReFED, brought together more than 400 action-oriented food businesses, investors, foundations, nonprofits, government agencies, innovators and academics to City View at METREON in San Francisco, CA to unlock the $100 billion+ food waste opportunity to cut food waste by half in 2030.

Event Resources

2019 Food Waste Summit, hosted by ReFED

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