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Department of Ecology
Committees, Boards, and Workgroups

Food Donation Workgroup

Work Group to study food donation by businesses

This Work Group formed according to Washington’s Organics Management Law (OML) 2.0, passed by the 2024 Legislature as HB2301. The goal is to develop recommendations for increased food donation from commercial generators in Washington State. The Food Center at the Department of Ecology (“Ecology”) facilitates the Work Group and will pass their recommendations to the legislature in a report by Sep. 1, 2025.

This page is a place for the public and Work Group members to get meeting agendas, summaries, notes, and other information, including the meeting link. Work Group member affiliations were outlined in OML 2.0, and Ecology sent invites in June 2024. Please bookmark this page to stay up-to-date on work group research and development.

All meetings are from 10 am – 12pm PST via Zoom. Meeting dates are listed below. Members of the public are invited to attend and provide written comments through Zoom chat. There will also be about 10 minutes at the end of each meeting for verbal comments. Outside of meetings, comments can be sent to FoodCenter@ecy.wa.gov or any member of the Work Group.

Food Donation Work Group Meeting Dates (register here):

  • July 30, 2024
  • August 20, 2024
  • September 24, 2024
  • October 22, 2024
  • January 21, 2025
  • February 25, 2025
  • March 25, 2025
  • April 22, 2025

As we move to the next phase of the Food Donation Work Group creating the recommendations for the Legislative report, we are simplifying the Documents section of the EZView.

If you would like access to any additional documents feel free to reach out to FoodCenter@ecy.wa.gov and we would be happy to provide them for you.

Documents

 File NameFile SizeDescriptionCategoryDate Added
01_SurveySummaryMemo.docx 302.1 KB Survey Summary Memo #1
Survey Summary Memo #1
Memo's 09/05/24 05:18 PM
02_SurveySummaryMemo.docx 301.6 KB Survey Summary Memo #2
Survey Summary Memo #2
Memo's 09/16/24 08:45 AM
03_SurveySummaryMemo.docx 302.1 KB Survey Summary Memo #3
Survey Summary Memo #3
Memo's 10/22/24 02:31 PM
Survey Results Meeting 4.xlsx 21.5 KB Survey Summary Data #4
Survey Summary Data #4
None 12/20/24 11:53 AM
Recommendation Worksheet.docx 16.8 KB Recommendation Worksheet
Recommendation Worksheet
Recommendations 01/15/25 03:28 PM
04_SurveySummaryMemo.docx 302 KB Survey Summary Memo #4
Survey Summary Memo #4
Memo's 01/15/25 03:31 PM
January Consensus Survey Recommendations Final.pdf 168.4 KB January Consensus Survey Recommendations
January Consensus Survey Recommendations
Recommendations 01/21/25 12:58 PM
FDWG_Meeting 01.21.25.pdf 1 MB January Meeting Ecology Slides
January Meeting Ecology Slides
Meetings 01/21/25 12:58 PM
Food Donation Workgroup Operating Procedures.docx 413.9 KB Food Donation Work Group Operating Procedures
Food Donation Work Group Operating Procedures
None 02/20/25 01:51 PM
Analysis January Consensus Survey1-Responses.xlsx 77.7 KB Analysis of January Consensus Survey
Analysis of January Consensus Survey
Recommendations 02/20/25 03:34 PM
DRAFT Recommendations for February Consensus Voting.docx 119.3 KB DRAFT Recommendations Review February Meeting
DRAFT Recommendations Review February Meeting
Recommendations 03/11/25 03:42 PM
Food Donation Work Group Members and Roll Call.xlsx 30.5 KB Food Donation Member Roll Call
Food Donation Member Roll Call
None 03/26/25 03:35 PM
V2 DRAFT Recommendations for March Consensus.docx 72.4 KB V2 DRAFT Recommendations Review for March Consensu...
V2 DRAFT Recommendations Review for March Consensus
Recommendations 03/26/25 03:38 PM
MarchRecommendations-Consensus_Analysis.xlsx 49.8 KB March Survey Analysis
March Survey Analysis
None 04/22/25 09:42 AM
04.18.25 DRAFT FoodDonationWorkGroup_LegislativeReportDraft.docx 792.9 KB 4.18.2025 DRAFT FDWG Legislative Report
4.18.2025 DRAFT FDWG Legislative Report
None 04/22/25 09:44 AM
DRAFT FoodDonationWorkgroup_LegislativeReportDraft.docx 779.5 KB DRAFT Legislative Report Food Donation Workgroup
DRAFT Legislative Report Food Donation Workgroup
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