Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. WASTED! exposes the criminality of food waste and how it’s directly contributing to climate change and shows us how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st Century.

On FRIDAY OCTOBER 13th at 7:00 PM, Climate Resolve and LA Food Policy Council will present a brief pre-show discussion of food waste, climate change, and Los Angeles-based solutions to these urgent problems, with:
Clare Fox, Executive Director of LA Food Policy Council
Diana Donlon, Food and Climate Campaign Director of Center for Food Safety
Chef Mary Sue Milliken, Chefs Collaborative Founding Member & Border Grill Co-Chef/Owner
Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director of Climate Resolve

S​ATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2:30 PM​
Serenity Spaces presents a panel on food waste, climate change, and Los Angeles-based solutions following the film.
DORIT, FOUNDER OF SERENITY SPACES & EXECUTIVE CHEF OF SERENITY FOODS
ALLAN LEE HASKELL, CATERGREEN! ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS
MICHELLE LAINEZ, CHEF MICHELLE & COMPANY
GENEVIEVE RIUTORT, WESTSIDE FOOD BANK

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14, 5 PM
Serenity Spaces presents a panel on food waste, climate change, and Los Angeles-based solutions following the film.
DORIT, FOUNDER OF SERENITY SPACES & EXECUTIVE CHEF OF SERENITY FOODS
SONIA BARRETT-ROBINSON, SONIA'S KITCHEN, AUTHOR, A JOURNEY OF POSSIBILITIES
MARYAM HEINMAN, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, FILMMAKER, AND CO-FOUNDER, HONEY COLONY

SUNDAY OCTOBER 15 screening at 2:30 pm:
Netiya will present a brief post-show panel discussion of food waste, unique approaches to addressing food waste through LA's faith-based communities, with partners from the Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, The Gailen and Cathy Reeves Center for Community Empowerment, and Imperfect Produce. A distinguished panel moderated by Netiya Executive Director, Devorah Brous to include: Rachel Adell, Food Waste Educator, Linda Hess, Founder/Executive Director Urban Harvester, Senator Isadore Hall, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, and demos from Sara Haston, Netiya Urban Farm Educator showing how to grow food scraps for your garden, and how to prep delicious food with ugly produce!

​TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7:30 PM​
A panel discussion on food waste, climate change, and Los Angeles-based solutions follows the film.
MICHELLE LAINEZ, CHEF, BORDER GRILL & MEMBER CHEFS COLLABORATIVE
HEATHER REPENNING​, ​LOS ANGELES ​PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER​
ERIC CERRETANI/ ABC STUDIOS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD AND SUSTAINABILITY EXPER​T​
SUSAN CAMPOS, JOURNALIST​, MEDIA ​CONTENT CONSULTANT - MODERATOR