Creating A New Food Cycle 

Reuse and Recycling-With Many Integrated Partners-Could Slash Food Waste
Food waste is a blight that has the potential to be a blessing-if groups and resources work together to feed Chicago residents. Students in ID’s Spring 2023 Design for Climate Leadership: Food Waste Workshop convened key City of Chicago departments, Chicago Public Schools, and nonprofit organizations to identify the strengths and opportunities in Chicago’s various perishable food programs.
Weeks of research and interviews led students to identify five major problems in the food waste cycle and center on a reduce, rescue, and recycle food waste system, which will address an ongoing crisis-one-in-five Chicagoans faces food insecurity, including 29 percent of Latino communities and 37 percent of Black communities.