Insider News Center: From Bronxville Insider: Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin: Mayor's Column Week of May 23, 2022.

 

Mayor’s Column: May 23, 2022.

In response to my column highlighting the fact that one in six residents of Westchester County are food insufficient despite our County being the third richest in the country, the Trustees and I partnered with our Congressman, Jamaal Bowman, with leadership coordination from Deputy Mayor Bob Underhill, to hold a food drive. The response from the Bronxville community was overwhelming and the amount collected was in the hundreds of pounds of food which went directly to Feed Westchester, the umbrella organization that distributes to our neediest neighbors.

Likewise, the prom dress drive demonstrated the enormous generosity of residents and every young woman was able to have a dress to go to the prom. A big thanks goes to our Police Department which initiated the drive.

The food insufficiencies in Westchester prompted me to look into, not only the donation of food, but how we can limit our food waste and divert the excess to neighbors in need.

Worldwide, 1.3 billion tons of food will be thrown away this year and the United States contributes mightily to this total.

Our households are the biggest source of food waste in the United States as we throw away an estimated 19.4 million tons of food every year.

According to the US Department of Agriculture, food worth more than $160 billion is wasted yearly. Reducing food waste by just 15% would be enough to feed more than 25 million Americans annually.

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