NIXYAAWII, AWKU CAWPAM AKAATTA!: "NIXYAAWII, DON'T THROW IT AWAY!"

This project's overarching goal is to assess and divert food waste at a reasonable scale, and to provide a demonstration for future expansion of these efforts. The goal of this project is to:1. Develop a Nixyaawii Food Waste Assessment (FWA) Report that estimates current food waste quantities;2. Build community capacity to implement food waste reduction strategies at CTUIR facilities and family residences; and3. Implement a Biogas Digester demonstration project, to collect and utilize food waste to create direct use cooking fuel.This project supports and addresses EPA Priorities through:- Use of food waste for Industrial purposes- Reducing methane and other greenhouse gases generated from food waste in landfills- Improves community access to fresh food and soil amendments- Improves soil and water quality through biological materials reclamation- Improves Community resilience in energy and food systems