Andrea Collins
(she/her)
Senior Specialist, Sustainable Food Systems, Nature
Andrea Collins focuses on making our food system more efficient, sustainable, and equitable. She is helping to create strategies that can be implemented at various stages throughout the supply chain, including on farms, within cities, and by companies. Previously, she worked with NRDC’s Health & Environment team to eliminate the misuse of antibiotics in livestock, address toxic chemicals in everyday consumer products, and limit exposure to pesticides. She holds a bachelor's degree in peace and conflict studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and is based in NRDC's San Francisco office.
Areas of Work
Agriculture & Food
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California Calls on Congress to Fix Common Food Waste Problem
Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins
California’s legislature has passed a resolution calling on the federal government to address food date labels, a systemic cause of food waste.
Reducing Food Waste for the Climate, Nature, and People
Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins
Reducing food loss and waste offers an opportunity to address many of our world’s existential challenges, including combating the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, improving environmental health protections, and fighting racial injustice.
Additional Research on Household Food Waste
Expert BlogUnited StatesAndrea Collins, Darby Hoover
New research findings from MITRE and Gallup align with NRDC's prior research into household food waste.
Resources
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Busy People Love Leftovers
Issue PaperDenverAndrea Collins, Stacy Woods
A community-based social marketing campaign aims to reduce food waste in Denver.
Feeding a City: Food Waste and Food Need Across America
ReportUnited States, Denver, New York City, NashvilleAndrea Collins
The first step in reducing municipal food waste is data gathering: understanding the amounts and sources of wasted food at the local level, as well as the amounts and sources of surplus food that potentially could be rescued instead of…
Your Newest Tool to Tackle Food Waste: Meal Prep Mate
How-ToUnited StatesJodi Helmer
How to cook what you’ll eat, eat what you cook, and save on your grocery bills, too.