People often ask how we get so much healthy produce, and how we manage to turn every dollar into four healthy meals. One of the answers to both questions is Farm to Family. In the old days (before the program started in the late 1990s), farmers’ surplus product would often get plowed under or rot … Read more
Many people have long worked to raise awareness of the huge problem of food waste in the U.S., for both environmental reasons and to feed more of the people who can’t afford to purchase enough of it. Though it’s taken a lot of time, the issue of food waste is finally gaining widespread news coverage … Read more
Written by Chris Ryan This month’s agency spotlight focuses on a group inspired by a simple concept that’s close to our hearts here at the Food Bank: food should be shared, not wasted. Approximately 40% of food in America gets wasted. Because of spoilage during transportation and storage, individual overpurchasing, aesthetic judgments on what produce … Read more
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