Jenna Deane
Founder
GeoGardenClub
Jenna founded GeoGardenClub to help gardeners plan, plant, and harvest more successfully — reducing food waste right at the source.
Official Food Waste Prevention Week 2026 Webinar
Leveraging Technology to Prevent Food Wastefrom Garden to Kitchen
Discover how technology prevents food waste across the food system — from growing food in community gardens to managing production in commercial kitchens.
- Date
- Saturday, October 3, 2026
- Time
- 2:00 – 2:50 PM EDT
- Where
- Online via Zoom · Free
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50 minutes · Live Q&A · No cost to attend
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Meet the speakers
Three organizations using innovation to build a more efficient food ecosystem — improving sustainability while increasing food security.
Victoire Cleren
Chief Technology Officer
Share My Meals
Victoire leads technology at Share My Meals, building digital tools that connect surplus food with communities facing food insecurity.
Fengmin Gong
CEO & Co-Founder
Metafoodx
Fengmin is CEO and Co-Founder of Metafoodx, where AI-powered kitchen intelligence helps commercial kitchens cut waste and improve operations.
2026 Food Waste Prevention Week Webinar Agenda
A 50-minute journey from garden to kitchen — exploring how AI, community platforms, and food recovery technology are preventing waste.
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00–2:04 PM | Moderator | Welcome, introductions, agenda |
| 2:04–2:12 PM | Metafoodx, Dr. Fengmin Gong | Smart Kitchens: Elevating Operations with AI Intelligence (8 min) |
| 2:12–2:20 PM | GeoGardenClub, Jenna Deane | Waste Less While Gardening (8 min) |
| 2:20–2:28 PM | Share My Meals, Victoire Cleren | Empowering communities through technology that transforms food recovery (8 min) |
| 2:28–2:48 PM | Moderator | Panel discussion & audience Q&A (20 min) |
| 2:48–2:50 PM | Moderator | Closing remarks |
Why reducing food waste matters
Save money
Cut unnecessary food purchases and stop paying for food that never gets eaten.
Conserve resources
Protect the water, land, energy, and labor that go into producing every meal.
Improve food security
Get more wholesome, surplus food to the people in your community who need it.
Protect the environment
Keep food out of landfills, where it breaks down and generates methane emissions.
Frequently Asked Questions
A free Food Waste Prevention Week event exploring how technology prevents food waste from community gardens to commercial kitchens.
Foodservice operators, sustainability professionals, nonprofit leaders, gardeners, educators, students, and anyone interested in reducing food waste.
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 2:00–2:50 PM EDT. The webinar runs about 50 minutes.
Yes — registration and attendance are completely free.
Fengmin Gong (Metafoodx), Jenna Deane (GeoGardenClub), and Victoire Cleren (Share My Meals).
Yes. Registered attendees will receive a link to the recording after the event.
Register on Zoom and you'll receive the join link by email before the webinar.
Seats are free — registration is required
Join us live on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT.