The average American household throws away more than a thousand dollars of food every year. The Food and Drug Administration <a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/consumers/food-loss-and-waste">estimates that</a>, nationally, 30 to 40 percent of the food supply is wasted annually. Fortunately, there are paths for food waste that don’t end at the landfill.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Western Avenue Greenway Project a unique urban park maintained by neighbors for their community

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