State legislators are beginning to address the connection between food waste and hunger. From implementing tax incentives; funding food rescue operations; or recycling or repurposing waste as compost, animal feed, or energy, states are building relationships with businesses and nonprofits to prevent food waste and to feed families. California, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia offer state tax credits for food donations. West Virginia’s farm-to-food bank tax credits for charitable food donations by farmers takes effect in 2018. Some states, like Minnesota, appropriate funds to food banks to facilitate the collection, distribution, and storage of surplus goods. That state’s Farm-to-Food Shelf program uses most of this money to provide grants to farmers for harvesting and transporting their surplus crops to the Second Harvest Heartland food bank. Now more than 5 million pounds of fresh produce are collected and distributed each year.
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, 11/9/17, Food Waste Legislation
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