# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Challenge Accepted: From Food Waste to Community Impact
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Join UCI CUSP & IKEA Costa Mesa to explore food recovery solutions, tackling waste, hunger, and scaling sustainable systems together.About this EventJoin UCI’s Climate & Urban Sustainability Program (CUSP) and IKEA Costa Mesa for a timely conversation on an overlooked challenge in sustainability and social equity: food recovery and food waste diversion and scaling sustainable systems together with South County Outreach.While community food kitchens and pantries play a critical role in addressing hunger, they face an equally pressing challenge: how to consistently source, store, and distribute food at scale. At the same time, restaurants and food businesses dispose of large volumes of edible food every day. Bridging this gap is not as simple as donation alone; it requires coordination, refrigeration, transportation, staffing, and efficient systems.This event moves beyond awareness to explore how food recovery systems can be streamlined, scaled, and sustained. Keynote Speaker, LaVal Brewer, and Panelists will share real-world experiences to highlight both the struggles and the solutions involved in food waste diversion and recovery.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/costa-mesa/challenge-accepted-from-food-waste-to-community-impact/100001985733307778
- **Event Categories**: contests, nonprofit
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Costa Mesa
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1475 S Coast Dr
- **lat**: 33.6912964
- **long**: -117.9169609
- **full address**: 1475 S Coast Dr, 1475 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: IKEA Costa Mesa (https://allevents.in/org/ikea-costa-mesa/21726251)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1475 S Coast Dr, 1475 South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** IKEA Costa Mesa
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Challenge Accepted: From Food Waste to Community Impact ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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