This statewide funding supports projects that prevent food waste and expand food rescue/recovery, helping keep edible food in the human food system while reducing landfill waste and emissions. Projects often include rescue logistics (storage, cold chain, transport), prevention strategies (process redesign, diversion systems), partnerships between food generators and recipients, and infrastructure that increases volume and reliability of recovery. The program typically includes multiple project-size tiers and requires at least a 20% match, so applicants should demonstrate partner commitments, realistic operations plans, and measurement plans (pounds rescued, waste prevented, households served, emissions reduced).