Up to 40% of the food we produce goes to waste, while 1 in 7 individuals are experiencing food insecurity. Food rescue bridges this gap, by redistributing quality edible excess to your community members who need it most.
Food waste happens in a highly distributed network, millions of pounds wasted in hundreds of thousands of locations across the country. Usually each instance is a relatively small quantity, too small to be cost effective for trucks to recover.
Food rescue complements food banks, pantries and other hunger organizations by using volunteers to rescue highly perishable food in uncertain quantities on an irregular schedule.
Creating new food recovery and redistribution networks that effectively deliver fresh and highly perishable food (produce, meat, dairy, bread) directly to those in need is vital.
Join Jen England, Food Rescue Hero’s Senior Director of Partner Success, to learn more on the topic of food waste and food recovery, and how you can start your own food rescue operations to meet the growing needs in your community related to food insecurity.
