Georgia Climate Stories Presents, “Climate on Our Minds: Repurposing wasted food with Concrete Jungle”

March 12, 2021

Georgia wastes approximately 2 million tons of food every year. When food decomposes in landfills, it emits highly potent greenhouse gases. Concrete Jungle is an organization that collects otherwise ‘wasted’ food to be distributed to food-insecure families throughout metro-Atlanta. 

Started in 2015, this organization started by coordinating volunteers to pick fruit from urban trees in Atlanta. Concrete Jungle has expanded since then to include other food reclamation activities such as field gleaning, urban gardening, and “ugly produce” purchasing. To date, Concrete Jungle has reclaimed over 150,000 pounds of produce to feed Georgia families. To learn more about Concrete Jungle, visit their website www.concrete-jungle.org and follow them on social (Instagram: @concretegungleatl / @concretejungleath, Facebook: @concretejungle.org).

To learn more about Reduced Food Waste as a climate solution for Georgia, visit Drawdown Georgia at www.DrawdownGa.org.   

‘Climate on Our Minds’ is part of the Georgia Climate Stories series, highlighting climate impacts and solutions from across the state. To explore other stories, visit: http://stories.georgiaclimateproject.org/ 

This story was produced by Michael Schwarz and made possible by the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and Glenn Family Foundation.