Dive Brief:

• The U.S. Composting Council (USCC) has announced a partnership with the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger (NFESH). 
• The goal of the combined efforts is to address the issue of food waste and hunger among older people by improving communication on a wide scale.
• The groups will join forces with the common goal of eliminating food waste, composting the scraps, improving soil via composting, and confronting senior hunger. 

Dive Insight:

According to Al Rattie, interim executive director of the Composting Council, the organizations came together because the “missions intersect: diverting resources that can contribute to world soil health, and ending food insecurity.”