Transforming Food Waste
Every year, 38% of all food grown in the U.S. goes uneaten.
Here on the Vineyard, almost all of our food waste is mixed with trash and sent off island to an incineration plant, while we import thousands of yards of compost each year to enrich our soils.
We can do better.
At IGI, we see food waste as a valuable resource that should stay on island, turned back into healthy soil for our farms and gardens.
Since 2016, IGI has worked with partners to advance food waste solutions on the Vineyard: rescuing food from farms, gardens, and grocery stores for donation; advancing composting initiatives; and educating our community about how to reduce what they throw away.
We have a roadmap to reduce the island’s volume of food waste by 70% by 2035.
Join us and be part of the solution!
This work would not have been possible without support from the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship and the Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation.
