Outside2Inside – Page 2 – Prevent, Recover, Recycle Food Waste

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Outside2Inside is on a mission to reduce food waste by preventing, recovering, and recycling

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How do we help reduce food waste?

Meditation, Breathing & Grounding Awareness Programs

Earth Day / World Food Day Events

Corporate Awareness Programs

Kids Food Waste Awareness Program

Farm2School Program

Farm2Restaurant Program

Farm2Work Program

Compost4You Corporate Program

Animal Feed Program

Compost Bin Research

Our impact since we started

1000 +

Volunteer Hours

1000 +

lbs Produce Recovered

100 +

People Fed with Food

100 +

People made Self-Aware

Help us reach our goals

Food Waste Awareness Programs

40%

Food Recovery Programs

30%

Food Waste Recycle Programs

Latest Blog Posts

How Community Gardens reduce Food Waste?

The journey a vegetable takes from being planted on the farm to the grocery store can be long and complicated. First off, not all vegetables meet the standards to make the trip. Then, the vegetables that do get shipped face a variety of challenges. The biggest waste happens when the vegetables are harvested and being prepared for shipping. Grocery stores only purchase vegetables and fruits that look good. There are no exceptions made for oddly shaped vegetables and these get

O2I Earth Day celebrations at Lam Research

Lam Research Corporation is a company that engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and service of semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Outside2Inside was invited to participate in the Earth Day event conducted by Lam Research on May 15, 2019. The Theme given by Lam Research was “Sustainability” and we at Outside2Inside decided to bring awareness about home-based (domestic) food waste recycling for this event. We had set up a stall and displayed Food Waste Composting

Arbor Day event at Santa Clara Central Park

The City of Santa Clara conducts the Arbor day event every year in Santa Clara Central Park. The Earth Day Celebration Event this year (2019), marked the 32nd year of the National Arbor Day Foundation. The purpose of this event was to invite the local community to engage in environmental education for a healthy lifestyle and a healthy planet. Elementary students from in and around Santa Clara County were brought to this event to learn more about environmental awareness. Outside2Inside

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An article about Outside2Inside is published on “The Weekly – Santa Clara” today (8/15/2019). It captures one of our Earth Day Celebration Event held at Santa Clara Central Park. O2I had set up a stall during the event to bring awareness about Wonky Produce to the community. The event was a great success and we would like to thank the “City of Santa Clara” and “The Weekly” for giving us an opportunity to share our Mission, Vision, and spread awareness to the community.

Outside2Inside is partnering with UC Berkeley FEED Organization for Food Waste Reduction Research. Each Semester a new team from FEED will research and come up with recommendations on Food Waste Prevention, Recover and Recycling areas.

The #O2I family has moved to a new address on 16th September, 2018.Our new office address is 2716 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051.

Outside2Inside's Wonky Produce Farm2School program was selected as one of the winners of Intel's "Winners of the Wonder" program in 2018 from about 300 applications. As a winner of this program, O2I received a grant of $5000 from Intel to conduct this innovative Wonky Produce Farm2School program in a local school in bay area.

O2I celebrated Earth Day in Advantest America on April 22nd 2019!

O2I celebrated Arbor Day with City of Santa Clara in Central Park on April 25th 2019.

O2I celebrated Earth Day with LAM Research on May 15th 2019 creating awareness on Composting and Wonky Produce Recovery!

On June 2019, UC Berkeley FEED and Outside2Inside agreed to forge a long term partnership to fight Food Waste together!

Wonky Produce Farmer's Market will be conducted in O2I Office on October 16th 2019, World Food Day!

Compost in a Jar class will be conducted in O2I Office on Nov 1st 2019, the National Vegan Day!

Spend your afternoon strolling through the Central park, browsing among a variety of 175 arts and crafts booths including Outside2Inside booth and satisfy your taste buds in “Food Alley,” where dozens of community groups will cook up international food.

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What our Partners have to say

The Wonky Produce Farmer’s Market at Ponderosa Elementary was a great success! The students were enthusiastic and eager to help! The families greatly appreciated the free produce and were excited to talk about why wonky produce is important to eat. Thanks very much to all the organizers from Outside2Inside for making the event happen!

Christy PetteePonderosa School Teacher, Sunnyvale, CA

Excited for Outside2Inside to make a huge impact—fighting waste & feeding people! This is just the beginning!

Dylan BondyOutreach Head, Imperfect Produce

FEED’s collaboration with Outside2Inside was a thoroughly enjoyable and educational experience. The people at the organization are incredibly passionate when it comes to accomplishing their goal of reducing, reusing, and recycling food waste and our team learned a tremendous amount from working with them. Their commitment and drive will surely lead them to great success and wide-reaching impact.

SusieUC Berkeley FEED

A big Citizen Schools California shout out to Outside2Inside for visiting one of our San Jose middle schools and hosting a farmers market! Our students got a chance to volunteer to help spread awareness about food waste and imperfect produce!

Zoe Pilla Civic Engagement Coordinator, Citizen Schools CA