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RE: Free the Food #30 ✔ | The Quest to End the Systematic Food Waste [2018-02-02]

in #steem7 years ago (edited)

Bless you for doing this.

I've been donating to local homeless shelters and food banks for years, especially when I lived in Florida and had an abundance of yard food that was way too much for us to eat without help.

Our two large pink grapefruit trees alone put out an abundance of fruit every year, and our chaya bushes were massive, and threatening to take over the county!

There is a charity here in the States, Second Harvest, that attempts to do what you're saying here, by repurposing the food that would otherwise be thrown out by grocery stores and restaurants, and directing it to the people most in need.

They do a great job, along with scores of smaller local charities, but it is the tip of the iceberg, and there is still an obscene amount of food being wasted each and every day.

We need a sea change in awareness. Thank you for being a spearhead.