It is estimated more than 92 billion pounds of food is wasted each year. Food waste management is the topic for the Green Drinks session at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, at Soundgrowler Brewing Co., 8201 183rd St. in Tinley Park.

Discussion will focus on how to turn the staggering waste of approximately 38% of all food produced in the U.S. into a sustainable opportunity. Guests will learn the root causes of food waste, strategies for composting, energy recovery and community-based solutions that transform waste into usable resources before it ends up in a landfill.

The program’s presenter is Dan Van Lente who has worked in the food service industry for more than a decade. Today he is an environmental studies major at Northeastern Illinois University where he is on an extended internship as a conservation land steward for the Gensburg Markham Prairie, one of the Indian boundary prairies in the South Suburbs.

RSVP’s are encouraged and can be made with Dave Ward at [email protected].