Climate Connections Lights! Camera! Donated food!
Dec 2, 2025
A Hollywood team is transforming leftover meals from TV and movie sets into a lifeline for those in need. Discover how unused food piles up due to oversupply and schedule changes. The nonprofit Everyday Action is on a mission to collect and distribute these meals effectively. On top of supporting communities, rescuing food fights climate change by reducing methane from landfills and cutting emissions from food production. Tune in to learn about this creative solution to food waste!
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Hollywood Catering Runs Like Daily Weddings
- Hillary Cohen describes film sets as like going to a wedding every day for lunch due to many people and abundant catering.
- She and Samantha Liu started Everyday Action to collect unused meals from sets and redirect them to community food sites.
Recover Unused Meals For Local Food Aid
- Collect unused catered meals from production sets to supply pantries, shelters, and low-income housing.
- This practice feeds people in need while preventing perfectly good food from being thrown away.
Food Rescue Cuts Climate Pollution
- Saving hundreds to thousands of meals weekly reduces landfill methane emissions from rotting food.
- It also lowers demand for producing, processing, and trucking food, cutting associated carbon pollution.