Food rescue

Recycling food scraps revealed more opportunities for recycling.

Reducing food waste opened the door to food rescue and community meal production.

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There were a bunch of articles coming out about food waste, produce piling up on farms.

And I saw a nonprofit out in Washington state called East West Food Rescue.

They were organizing volunteers to drive out to the eastern part of the state where there are a bunch of farms and trucking it to the western part of the state where there are more people.

And I gave them a call, talked to their founder and said, hey, is there a way that I could replicate doing this where I'm from in Massachusetts? And they gave me some very helpful advice.

And I had a friend who worked for related companies get in touch with me and ask if I could start delivering food to some of the related affordable housing communities.

in Massachusetts, since that's where we were centered around.

At the time, our business was actually called Central Mass Food Rescue because what we were doing was rescuing food or gleaning food.

So we were taking food that was going to waste and getting donations and then delivering it to people who needed it.

The province also signed a $300 million partnership with Build Canada Homes to support 1,430 new homes, including 500 community housing units.

A perishable food rescue centre has opened in Fredericton, described as the first large-scale facility of its kind in Canada.

The centre is expected to process $4 million worth of food annually for New Brunswick food banks.

Operated by Greener Village, it is designed to rescue fresh produce, then process, freeze and distribute it to food banks across the province.

Have you ever thrown away overripe bananas, avocados, or other fruits and vegetables that sat on your kitchen counter for too long and seemed to go bad before you had a chance to eat them? Well, my guest today is going to inspire you that many of the foods that go to waste are actually still good.

Sid from Houston, Texas turned his interest in food recovery into an organization called Waste to Taste and a cookbook that's helping people to understand how they can use forgotten food.

Welcome back, everyone.

I'm really excited to introduce you to my new friend, Sid.