Rescuing Wasted Food with People Power

…there is an iCreate recital this week-end. If someone sends me written information or it shows up in the public domain on a news feed, I will post it; if not, then not. That's basic blog policy for community announcements. While waiting, here's an interesting article, relevant to the iCreate community service and sustainability mission. 

Forty percent of the food in the U.S. goes to waste. Let’s sit with that for a minute. Almost half of what we produce is going to the landfill. Meanwhile, over 50 million Americans live in food-insecure households. Ouch. 

There are changes we can make in our own lives to adjust those numbers. By looking with a critical eye at what gets thrown away and reducing our own food waste we can raise awareness about the issue. We can also contribute to, volunteer with, support, and start organizations that save food from landfills and get it into the hands, and stomachs, of those going without. 

Boulder Food Rescue is one such project. Powered 90% by bicycle--that figure only drops to 80% during Colorado’s freezing winters--BFR picks up food that would otherwise end up in dumpsters and distributes it to over 40 organizations including soup kitchens, low-income schools, elderly homes, low-income family units and homeless shelters. In the last year and a half, the organization has rescued over 250,000 pounds of food....They’ve created what they call The Package Deal; a step by step guide to starting a food rescue program...

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