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NGPO

The Naturally Grown Produce Association (NGPO) is an organization dedicated towards eliminating food waste in local New York City communities, specifically within produce. Not only are they driven to eliminate food waste, but also encourage the natural/non-GMO/biodynamic cultivation of produce.

NYC alone faces an astonishing 72 billion pounds of food waste each year! That’s about 40% of food that goes uneaten each year. Of all the food being uneaten, 20 billion pounds of fruit and vegetables go uneaten. Although this phenomenon is a sad reality, it was an equally great opportunity to better understand the social-cultural causalities of these behaviors.