Redistribute food that is still edible
A large amount of fine produce is thrown out or composted, especially from "gourmet" grocers who only sell produce of highest quality.
Restaurants often throw out food, because they are unable to sell it the following day.
There are many people in this city who cannot afford, or who do not have the skills to prepare good food.
Divert this waste from the food industry towards feeding people who could use the food.
Silvi Wool
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The City supports various community food recovery initiatives currently being planed or already in place. Food recovery is included within the draft Greenest City Action Plan
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Local Food Working Group
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Sorry, forgot to include these as well:
Web: www.sharedharvest.ca/metrovancouver
Shared Harvest blog: http://sharedharvestbc.blogspot.com/
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Local Food Working Group
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@Silvi Wool
There's a new initiative that is looking at enabling this sort of activity - called Shared Harvest. The creators describe it as a food-related "craigslist."
("The concept is very simple. You place a free Wanted, Available or Donation ad for a food item on the website and when there is a match you’ll be contacted. Farmers, backyard gardeners, charities, grocers, farm to school programs, neighbourhood food networks, restaurants, community kitchens, distributors can all be part of this local food networking site. If you have a bumper crop of zucchinis, donate it to a worthy food security organization. Looking for BC tomatoes for your canning collective?")
Perhaps if health concerns can be attended to, this might be the sort of thing that could foster the sort of food redistribution that you're talking about.
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Randall
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Good idea but it will never happen... all of the food that is classified as waste from an establishment that serves food must be thrown out due to the risks of being sued due to food poising.