Wasteless Solutions Inc.

Education of food waste.

Waste Less Solutions is committed to making a significant reduction in food waste by educating consu

Goal One: Reduce food waste in Utah by 50% by 2030

Goal Two: Build a food rescue program in all major counties in Utah by 2024

Goal Three: Innovate food rescue to get the right food to the right people at the right time to ensure we are truly reducing food waste and nutritiously feeding those in need

Waste Less Solutions has made several investments in leadership development over the past year. First, our executive director has attended multiple webinars on the food waste movement, offered by The World Resource Institute. Additionally, our leader has attended a nonprofit leadership series, offered by The Utah Nonprofit Association. Upcoming events include the American Express Leadership program "Unlocking Your Potential", starting in 2022.

Our efforts to reduce food waste are shown in many different ways. Waste Less Solutions partners with other nonprofit, public, and private organizations to deliver rescued food to those in the community that need it most. Our staff and board actively seek out opportunities to educate the community by hosting speaking engagements at places such as schools, conferences, and farmers markets. Waste Less Solutions has a growing social media following that engages the community and works to educate them about food waste.

As did other organizations around the world, Waste Less Solutions had to quickly and creatively adapt to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because social gatherings were limited, food donations from large events were no longer an item to count on. We had to find new ways to rescue food and get it to the people that needed it. We acquired another nonprofit that was rescuing from backyard gardens. Our Garden Share program expanded during the pandemic as more people spent time at home gardening and growing fresh produce. Waste Less Solutions rescued excess produce from residential and neighborhood gardens to deliver to partnering agencies. Additionally, volunteer numbers increased during the pandemic because people in the community wanted to help those around them. Lastly we started seeking out ethnic markets as food donors as they weren’t currently donating to anyone and now, this allows us to get culturally relevant food to people in need.