More food rescue coming to local communities across Kentucky https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/49976/ #DollarGeneral #FeedingAmericaKentuckyHeartland #FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #grant #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyRestaurants #ky
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Kentucky Harvest volunteers rescue food, help feed families across Louisville area https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/47859/ #AaronMoore #FoodRescue #FoodWaste #GreatBagelAndBakery #HungerActionMonth #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyHarvest #KentuckyRestaurants #KristenMettin #RevWilliamNelson #SaintMarkMissionaryBaptistChurch
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New bench banner with new logo for my food group at a recent Free Swap (We gave away and accepted food at the event and let folks know of our 24/7 Free Food Swap fridges and pantries)
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Today's food rescue from a local gluten free bakery. They donated bagels and sandwich bread loaves as well as bulk supplies they were not using.
I ran them to one of our free fridges and community pantries.
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AB 660 Is In Effect: How California’s New Law Is Reducing Food Waste https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/39690/ #AB660 #AssemblyBill660 #California #CaliforniaFood #efficiency #FeedingLA #FightingHunger #FindFood #food #FoodBank #FoodInsecurity #FoodLocator #FoodPantries #FoodPantry #FoodRescue #FoodWaste #FreeFood #hunger #HungerInLosAngeles #LACounty #LosAngelesCounty #LosAngelesRegionalFoodBank #NutritionInsecurity #TopStories
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A feast for a cause: City Harvest’s BID 2026 event brings nearly 50 chefs together • Brooklyn Paper https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/35682/ #Bid2026 #brooklyn #BrooklynRestaurants #charity #CityHarvest #CityHarvestBrooklyn #FoodEvents #FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #GeoffreyZakarian #LeBernardin #NewYorkCity #NewYorkCityRestaurants #NYC #NYCRestaurants #philanthropy #rezdu00f4ra
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A feast for a cause: City Harvest’s BID 2026 event brings nearly 50 chefs together • Brooklyn Paper https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/8506/ #Bid2026 #brooklyn #BrooklynRestaurants #charity #Chef #CityHarvest #CityHarvestBrooklyn #FoodEvents #FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #GeoffreyZakarian #LeBernardin #NycRestaurants #philanthropy #rezdu00f4ra
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My food group (Free Fridges, Food Rescue, and Indoor Gardening) has an official logo now.
( -This feels like a significant benchmark- )
A member of my group proposed us getting an official logo so we could start printing out business cards, make T-shirts and Polos, print out an event booth banner, and make giveaway swag, etc....
...all of which will really help grow the group and its operations as we attend events and reach out in the local community.
We all agreed and that group member initiated everything and got it done.
And here is a wonderful thing. We went to a local art collective and commissioned a local artist to create the logo. (And I believe they did it for free in support of helping us feed our mutual neighbors).
No AI. No Slop. A real local artist. We support each other.
So cheers to Pete Morelewicz (and Emmy) - His site can be found here : https://printjazz.com
See attached for logo design:
#solarPunk #mutualAid #community #freeFridge #foodRescue #indoorGardening #foodSecurity
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The library is closed today for Labor Day (USA).
So my local food group's (free fridge, food rescue, indoor apartment farming) monthly meeting will be held online.
We like meeting in person, but this will do for this month (its only once a year).
I have not done much this month beyond weekly food rescues, setting up email for the group, and a visit to a community farm to establish a working relationship.... huh... maybe I have done some stuff...
Anyhow.
I'll see what everyone else has been up.
Hoping to get more done this next month. Been in a heavy slump (I know why!!!! Hoping I can fix it!)
I will update this post after the meeting to let y'all know what others have been up to.
#solarPunk #mutualAid #freeFridge #foodRescue #indoorFarming #goodNews
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A friend just told me about this app. The food is lower-cost not free, and the end-of-day timing wouldn't work for many folks' schedules, but she's been happy with the food she's gotten from her local Whole Foods. She doesn't use it as often as she'd like, only because it's a 45 minute drive plus the 11 at night timing.
This system wastes so much perfectly good food.
#FoodRescue #BCorporation #TooGoodToGo
Join Our Food Waste Movement
https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us/find -
Chapter 2: "We assume [each recipient] knows his or her own needs better than anybody else possibly could. . . . People basically self-qualify. . . . We feel it is an invasion of privacy to ask people to reveal their income, living situation, expenses, and more just to get some free food."
After July 4, lots of backyard-celebration items like corn on the cob, potato salad, chicken wings, ice cream etc.
We can tell that grocery stores are feeling the hit from the war on Iran. There's been a lot less prepared-food items compared to last year (Safeway, Whole Foods). But there's always baked goods and fresh fruits/veg.
Since the #cyclospora outbreak, lots of bagged salads and whole iceberg lettuces, even though it's specifically Taylor Farms **shredded** iceberg lettuce that's been ID'd as the problem, & CA isn't one of the states affected. Dr Michael Osterholm on his podcast sounds horrified so many folks are avoiding so many lettuces.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Solution-Hunger-America-All-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B0G4XJ86DP
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Today's Food Rescue from a local Gluten-Free / Vegan Bakery dropped off at one of our town's outdoor Free Fridges.
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"Each week, the Farmlink Project rescues millions of pounds of food.
That food goes to people facing hunger, instead of rotting in farm fields or landfills and releasing the powerful greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, further heating up our planet.
State policies, such as SB 1383, which requires residents and businesses to divert food from landfills, is pushing more demand for food rescue at the same time."
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/farmlink-project-wins-international-keeling-curve-prize-for-climate-solutions
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Ok! Food rescue done!
I just picked up a lot of gluten free and vegan bread from a local GF bakery. Stocked the bottom shelf of one our free fridges with gluten free bread, croissants, bagels, and cupcakes.
Someone else had done a rescue from another place and stocked the top shelf.
I did a quick cleanup of the free fridge. Most of it was good food. A lot of canned goods, cereals, tortillas and other breads.
A neighbor left some half used condiment bottles in the fridge and while I appreciated the sentiment, I had to throw those away as they weren't sealed or fresh. Alas! 😅 (we try to have two shifts per day to clean and maintain the fridge and pantry area but neighbors that utilize the fridge do well to only take what they need and looks good. No one was going to take those condiment bottles. I was just the first to see them and clean them up. Just another day! 😂)
In the below pic, I stocked the bottom shelf with clearly marked GF goods. Above it is other food stocked by another food rescue from another neighbor.
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Ok! I'm going to touch grass. Today is my food rescue day.
I'm going to do some work. Then head out, grab, and deliver the food and continue on.
I'll post pics when I do.
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Just had my monthly in person meeting with the food group.
I'm just happy.
We had a new person join us. They're new in town and want to grow roots. We're plugging them in.
Lots of things going on:
- Quarterly group potluck is this Saturday (as one of our members pointed out, this is a community group and we need to meet and hang out!!! She is now coordinating the potlucks moving forward and has ordered us to bring food. So we will.)
- Fridges are stressed under summer heat but have been holding up which is amazing
- We're using simple thermometers and checking daily right now but are researching wifi thermometers to send us autoupdates
- One fridge needs more cleaning supplies
- Second fridge needs a latch installed to start keeping supplies there. Lock has already been procured.
- We're in final stages of getting 501c3 status under another group in town who offered it to us!!!
- That will let us reapproach some stores for food rescue who needed us to have 501c3 status
- Foodrescue from the latest gluten free bakery is going strong
- LOOOOTS of indoor food growing classes are set up. Our master gardener has just run with that initiative, so we are giving monthly classes at local libraries on how to grow your own food indoors (the librarians love us apparently)And! This is tangential, but the library is looking to expand its seed library! The main one at the head branch has been doing so well, they're looking to add seed libraries at other branches!!!!
How amazing is that?!?!
#solarPunk #freeFridge #foodRescue #mutualAid #indoorFarming #hydroponics
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Chapter 2: "Volunteers Get to Shop from Whatever Food They Are Picking Up and Delivering. . . . Our volunteer positions are offered primarily to people who are themselves recipients [cuz it guarantees] that all of us have true compassion for those we serve, and letting our volunteers help themselves to as much as they want . . . makes theft impossible . . . What we have noticed, however, is that our volunteers only take what they need for themselves, their families, and/or people they know who could use some extra food but cannot get direct access to our programs."
Highlights: After Easter, cases and cases of eggs for a few weeks (organic & conventional). After Cinco de Mayo, tons of salsas, Cotija cheese, avocados (org & conv.), tortilla chips.
Fruit highlight: cherimoyas! Not ready to eat until they're squishy anyway, then u go at it with a spoon & it's like custard. Ugly on the outside so most folks here ignore them.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Solution-Hunger-America-All-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B0G4XJ86DP
#FoodRescue #hunger #volunteer #Marin County
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Really great news!!!
A local bakery that specializes in gluten free bread, pastries, and cakes reached out to us...
...we didn't reach out to them. They contacted us!...
...about doing food rescue with them!
Not only are they looking at food rescue in general, but they're specifically looking at serving those that are hungry AND have food allergies and intolerances!
Everyone deserves healthy, tasty, good, and safe food (and also desserts!!!) - even those that have food constraints.
So we worked it out. Every day they take whatever they didn't sell and freeze it. We come by once a week and pick it up and run it to one of the fridges!
Look at this first haul!!!
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/116472176913970907
Heads up for any FOSS contributors and coders!
Or anyone that knows how to code web apps and wants to contribute to solarpunk activities, bringing about post-scarcity food security, or just helping feed people:
Rootable is a Free and Open Source app that helps local towns coordinate food rescue.
Website: https://rootable.org
Code Base: https://codeberg.org/rootable/
Food rescue is where local community groups go to a grocery store, bakery, restaurant, etc., and "glean" or gather up any GOOD FOOD that would otherwise be thrown away and get to it people who are hungry.
Reduces food waste.
Increased food security.For more info on food waste, take a look at this John Oliver episode on Food Waste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY
If you'd like to contribute code, fix bugs (usability, security, etc), assist in technical documentation or support, etc., please visit the git repo and pitch in.
If anyone needs contact info for the project lead, DM me.
This is an actively used app and helping with it directly helps feed people. This is a great way to build mutual aid projects.
#solarPunk #rootableApp #FOSS #foodWaste #foodRescue #foodSecurity #mutualAid #developers #solarPunkSunday #opensource #programming
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Updates on my town's Food Rescue initiatives.... Some bad.... and some good.
Bad News is we are no longer working with Food Rescue US. To be very clear, they are a wonderful organization and if you have an opportunity to work with them, by all means do so!
My groups model and their model just don't really align is all. Long and short, they were wanting us to get more food rescue routes quicker than we were able to and when we really couldnt meet their metrics, we both agreed that we should go our separate ways.
Quick Lessons learned here:
- Their model works really well when you have a dedicated and paid staff. It wasn't working well for a community group comprised of volunteers working in their (often minimal) spare time.
- If you do have a dedicated or even paid group, they are AWESOME!!! Great staff. Loads of in house support. Great app.
- If you don't have a dedicated staff and are a smaller community group, it might not be the best fit.Both parties knew this going into it and we had decided to give it a shot anyhow. It didn't work out. Alas.
Ok. So..... next part is the good news.
With that!!! We have now joined the Food Rescue Alliance (FRA)! They are a mutual-aid group of mutual-aid groups spearheaded by the Boulder (Colorado USA) Food Rescue group.
More info here: https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/food-rescue-alliance/
They are much more aligned with how we work.
Now, instead of taking orders and meeting metrics from a non-profit corporate model, we operate independently and both rely on and contribute to the greater FRA group members.
This is awesome.
We have access to peer support, best practice information, troubleshooting and guidance, as well as their own food rescue app - Rootable.
Rootable is a Free and Open Source (FOSS) application.
Here is the app website: https://rootable.org
Here is the codebase: https://codeberg.org/rootable/
We're getting set up on it right now. We've been warmly welcomed and have already attended some meetings.
I think this will work out great.
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412 Food Rescue will collect food during NFL Draft in Pittsburgh for no-waste dinner event
412 Food Rescue will coordinate with NFL Draft organizers to collect surplus food during the event in Pittsburgh.…
#nfl #nfldraft #NFLDraft #FoodRescue #Football #NFL #Pittsburgh #Steelers
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Chapter One: "Here's what happens when a community adopts [our] model: 1. People in need get nourishing food. 2. Perfectly good food is kept out of landfills. 3. Local stores save on dumpster fees and earn goodwill.
We've seen that when food rescue programs take root, crime rates can dip, street solicitation often declines, and community spirit rises."The week after Valentine's Day featured local artisanal chocolates, & a ton of cut flowers especially red rose bouquets. Since then, lots of artichokes ('tis their season) and avocados. One time, caviar (different brand than before). The usual fresh fruits & veg, often organic (apples, oranges, bananas, romaine lettuces, various greens). There's zero reason for anybody in this society to go hungry and malnourished.
#FoodRescue #hunger #volunteer #MarinCounty
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Solution-Hunger-America-All-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B0G4XJ86DP
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I recently learned that my local community food bank does collection of residential-grown produce in the late winter. If you've got overladen grapefruit trees in #Tucson there's a place that wants them!
https://www.communityfoodbank.org/event/super-citrus-saturdays-march-14/