Council of the Great Lakes Region

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Category: Food

From Field to Bin: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste Management Pathways

January 11, 2024

Over one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it – and much of it is sent to landfills, where…

Protecting the Great Lakes: The Imperative of Recycling Agricultural Plastics

November 29, 2023

When the topic of plastic pollution arises, images of bottles, straws, and bags in our oceans often come to mind. Yet, plastic pollution is not exclusive to marine environments; freshwater…

Canadian Agri-Food Resilience

October 25, 2023

The following is the Introductory Section of the report ‘Canadian Agri-Food Resilience: A Toolbox for Managing Crises’, commissioned by The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute and funded in part by the…

Climate Change is Altering What We Grow and What We Eat.

June 6, 2023

I grew up on a small Wisconsin dairy farm. It was small — one cow — but she supplied our milk and butter. It meant that as a kid, every…

Food Waste Management at Meijer

November 30, 2022

The Issue Food waste goes far beyond banana peels and the moldy mystery leftovers tossed from the back of the fridge. Much of the food that’s wasted is behind the…

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Become a Donor

Charitable contributions to the CGLR Foundation in the US and CGLR Canada Foundation are vital for helping us bring the environment and economy together in our regional public policy choices, business strategies, and investment decisions.x

Become a Supporter

Supporting CGLR Canada and the CGLR USA, our trade associations, will help us bring sector leaders together to grow the US-Canada economic partnership in the region and strengthen our competitiveness in today's fast pace global marketplace.

Become a Volunteer

Deepen your commitment to our common future by volunteering your time and services to help create a prosperous, clean future for all in the Great Lakes region.

Take action now

Become a Donor

Charitable contributions to the CGLR Foundation in the US and CGLR Canada Foundation are vital for helping us bring the environment and economy together in our regional public policy choices, business strategies, and investment decisions.x

Become a Supporter

Supporting CGLR Canada and the CGLR USA, our trade associations, will help us bring sector leaders together to grow the US-Canada economic partnership in the region and strengthen our competitiveness in today's fast pace global marketplace.

Become a Volunteer

Deepen your commitment to our common future by volunteering your time and services to help create a prosperous, clean future for all in the Great Lakes region.

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