Closing the Circle: From Excess to Access
Fri, Oct 17
|UCLA Hershey Hall
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2025, 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM
UCLA Hershey Hall, Hershey Hall, 801 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
About the event
Hosted by Foodcycle LA & UCLA Rothman Institute UCLA
Join us for a dynamic conference exploring the role of surplus food in driving regional food systems change. Bringing together food recovery organizations and community leaders, this event will highlight innovative strategies to reduce food waste, strengthen local food networks, and promote equitable access to nutritious food. Let’s reimagine surplus as a resource for resilience and sustainability - together.
Register Here: https://closingthecircle2025.com/
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.