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Ashley Stanley started Lovin' Spoonfuls to match surplus food with hungry people (CS Monitor)
Ashley Stanley started Lovin' Spoonfuls to match surplus food with hungry peopleLovin' Spoonfuls, a nonprofit food rescue group in Boston, strives to remove a glaring kink in the food chain and bridge the gap between waste and want.
By Noelle Swan, Staff writer / January 17, 2014
Ashley Stanley's jaw dropped the first time she walked into the back room of a supermarket. All around her, mountains of eggplants, potatoes, and onions littered the concrete floors.
None of the produce was spoiled, yet the staff told her that it had already taken its turn on the produce department shelves and would soon be tossed in the dumpster.
Without hesitating, she asked if she could have the produce. Then she loaded up her car and drove her bounty to the Pine Street Inn, one of Boston's largest homeless shelters, which serves 1,600 meals to homeless people every day.
That was in December 2009. Since then, Ms. Stanley has diverted 900,000 pounds of fresh food that otherwise would have been tossed out to Boston-area food pantries, homeless shelters, and domestic violence safe houses.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2014/0117/Ashley-Stanley-started-Lovin-Spoonfuls-to-match-surplus-food-with-hungry-people
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Ashley Stanley started Lovin' Spoonfuls to match surplus food with hungry people (CS Monitor) (Original Post)
pinto
Feb 2014
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It is astonishing the scale of waste around the country..good for them. K&R.
Jefferson23
Feb 2014
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Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)2. It is astonishing the scale of waste around the country..good for them. K&R.
pinto
(106,886 posts)3. I live in a row crop area. Lots of greens here. Many farmers routinely allow post-harvest gleaning.
Not all, but many. And it's sort of hit 'n miss. Ms. Stanley's model, which seems adaptable to many locales, is outstanding.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. Absolutely, I hope her model takes off..the food is there, use it.