Reply #15: Second Harvest/Feeding America "secures" many kinds of donations. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

The mission has always been in part to divert food that otherwise would be wasted.

http://feedingamerica.org/partners/product-partners/distressed-unsaleable-product.aspx

Distressed/Unsaleable Product

Each year, billions pounds of safe food and grocery products are pulled off grocery store shelves and removed from circulation. Without intervention, these items would be thrown away and wasted. But with 35 millions Americans in struggling with hunger in this country, corporations need to stop dumping products that are still healthy and safe for consumption.

With the help of our partners, Feeding America can put these products in the hands of those who need them....

Feeding America acts as the coordinator between food producers and sellers and the local food banks. That is one of the reasons they can leverage such a small amount of cash into so many meals. It's one of many tools used, but distributing good, nutritious food that would otherwise end up in a dumpster is one of the oldest parts of the Second Harvest story.