We waste too much …

Food Facts

California Food Waste

• 100 billion pounds of food is wasted per year
• 40% of all food is thrown away or plowed over in farms
• 5 billion pounds of prepared food is wasted
• The waste is from three categories: (1) farms, (2) restaurants and cafeterias, (3) grocery stores

California Hunger

• Millions of people are hungry
• Service organizations often want access to this food, but there are many possible barriers. These organizations sometimes
  • don’t know where excess food is
  • don’t have credentials to show their legitimacy
  • lack resources to get excess food

 

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