Baltimore is beautiful in this regard. We have Food Rescue Baltimore, 4mycity, and oodles of little free patries -- even a couple community fridges. It's a life-saver for many and a blessing to my family as well. No shame in taking part in food giveaways that are diverting the gross amount of food waste in this country. Food should not be a commodity. Shout-out to Food Not Bombs as well!
I volunteer with Share My Meals @sharemymeals www.sharemymeals.org - what we think is the first nonprofit to recover cooked meals (from large corporate cafeterias, hospitals, educational establishments etc.) In we recovered 65,000 meals and served them to individuals and families facing food insecurity and distributed them to other nonprofits serving food insecure populations.
We track all the food by barcode to ensure food safety. Would love to share this ability with others!
We operate in NJ where we estimate 5 million prepared meals go to waste annually.
My neighbors moved to the east coast. It was sad to see them dump all the contents of their refrigerator and pantry. I felt helpless. Later when I relayed the story someone suggested that I should have contacted Catholic Charities. I put it on FB but no one replied. It all happened at the last minute. I did retrieve their laundry/dishwashing stuff.
I just started a site here in my county Caldwell Idaho with www.foodrescue.us
Baltimore is beautiful in this regard. We have Food Rescue Baltimore, 4mycity, and oodles of little free patries -- even a couple community fridges. It's a life-saver for many and a blessing to my family as well. No shame in taking part in food giveaways that are diverting the gross amount of food waste in this country. Food should not be a commodity. Shout-out to Food Not Bombs as well!
I volunteer with Share My Meals @sharemymeals www.sharemymeals.org - what we think is the first nonprofit to recover cooked meals (from large corporate cafeterias, hospitals, educational establishments etc.) In we recovered 65,000 meals and served them to individuals and families facing food insecurity and distributed them to other nonprofits serving food insecure populations.
We track all the food by barcode to ensure food safety. Would love to share this ability with others!
We operate in NJ where we estimate 5 million prepared meals go to waste annually.
Did you know that Grow Food not Lawns is the title of a book by Heather Jo Flores? She organises online Permaculture courses.
My neighbors moved to the east coast. It was sad to see them dump all the contents of their refrigerator and pantry. I felt helpless. Later when I relayed the story someone suggested that I should have contacted Catholic Charities. I put it on FB but no one replied. It all happened at the last minute. I did retrieve their laundry/dishwashing stuff.
The few days before they moved they ate out.