The Brief: Food waste investing, responsAbility acquisition, gig workers in South Africa, vertical farming funding, manufacturing in underserved communities
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The Brief: Food waste investing, responsAbility acquisition, gig workers in South Africa, vertical farming funding, manufacturing in underserved communities
Impact Alpha | January 31, 2022
Private food waste investments in the U.S. were up 30% to $4.8 billion last year, from $3.7 billion in 2020. Still, $14 billion in financing is needed each year to reach the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030, estimates the nonprofit ReFED.