Thou Shalt Not Toss Food: Enlisting Religious Groups To Fight Waste: Separation of church and state? When it comes to fighting food waste, the U.S. government is looking to partner with the faithful. The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday launched the Food Steward’s Pledge, an initiative to engage religious groups of all faiths to help redirect the food that ends up in landfills to hungry mouths. This initiative presents a conspicuous two-kingdoms example for students to analyze in courses in the social sciences, nutrition, public health, church and society, and doctrine.