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Make a difference this Hunger Action Month by donating shelf-stable foods to your local food bank! While food banks need all types of food, shelf-stable ingredients are helpful because they don't expire as quickly as fresh ingredients. Find out more about how you can donate at https://lnkd.in/d-mTSKiR Every action counts! #HungerActionMonth #EndHunger

100 The number of protein servings provided by a $25 donation 4,500,000 Pounds of food provided since 2009 $0.00 Salaries paid to Board Members since inception HRN is making a difference! We have: Donated over 4.5 million pounds of chicken to more than 100 organizations across Chicagoland. Rescued tens of thousands of pounds of produce, day-old bakery goods and the like that would have ended up in landfills or composts. Distributed over 30,000 nutritionally designed meals and hundreds of personal care packs to needy students. Assisted hundreds of seniors to access food from local food pantries. Every Spring and Fall through our Poultry to Pantries Delivery Day we donate 120,000+ pounds (over 240,000 pounds per year) of nutritious protein to organizations in every corner of Chicagoland. Every dollar you donate helps us distribute 4 servings of protein for those who don't know where their next meal may be coming from. #fighthunger #hunger #Illinois #childhoodhunger #communityhunger #seniorhunger #foodbanks #food #hungerheroes #foodwaste #foodpantry #volunteering #foodInsecurity #hungerresourcenetwork

🍽 Supporting Those in Need Through SCCYC’s Food Aid Service 🍽 At SCCYC, we’re committed to helping those facing food insecurity and critical needs in our community. Our Food Aid Service has provided essential support to 324 people, helping families and individuals access nutritious meals and other vital resources. But the need continues to grow, and we need your help to keep making a difference. 🌟 How can you support? - Donate Vegetarian food items: Tinned goods, pasta, rice, and fresh produce all make a huge impact. - Financial contributions: Your donations help us provide food, toiletries, and resources to those who need it most. - Spread the word: Help us reach more people by sharing this post and encouraging others to get involved. Together, we can help ensure no one in our community goes without. Let’s continue to support our community in need. 📍 Donations can be dropped off at SCCYC Waterside Connect or you can contact us to arrange a collection. #FoodAid #SCCYC #CommunitySupport #EndHunger #DonateFood #Northampton #SupportLocal

In 2023, Gleaners embarked on an exciting partnership with Whirlpool Corporation and Feeding America to address food insecurity in Southeast Michigan communities. Through the Feel Good Fridge Program, we’re helping improve access to healthy food options by increasing storage capacity for fresh and perishable items. Currently, more than 68 of our agency partners have received donated, refurbished residential fridges and chest freezers through the program—more than 214 units supporting our neighbors in need! Learn more about the impact here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4eQ5BTZ

SBM can help your company serve up hope in the community. We’re proud to work with clients to build and support leftover food donation programs. In nearly every community, there are families facing challenges putting food on the table. According to the USDA, more than 34 million Americans are food insecure. Through our partnerships, we help clients donate leftover food to charitable organizations, turning potential waste into valuable resources for those in need.  Many believe that donating food for human consumption exposes organizations to liability. In reality, the Bill Emerson Food Donation Act of 1996 protects organizations that donate both perishable and nonperishable food in good faith.  Not only does donating surplus food help connect an organization to the community in which they operate, but it also satisfies a credit under the TRUE Certification for Zero Waste program. For support in establishing donation programs, we guide clients in collaborating with local food banks or food rescue organizations. Read more about how SBM has helped our clients divert waste by donating surplus food in our sustainability report: https://lnkd.in/gUxqKUAV #ZeroWaste #FoodInsecurity

We must accept that inventory at food and beverage (F&B) establishments (e.g. restaurants, retail grocery stores) does expire. Food service workers at restaurants must discard any inventory received within 7 days or product that was defrosted and refrosted [1, 2]. That’s even with so many F&B establishments following the Food Safety and Inspection Services’ (FSIS) guidelines. Food eventually rots, then sent to a landfill or incinerator to emit carbon dioxide and methane. The guidelines aren't helping reduce food insecurity in the US, which remains above 10% for households since 2001 [3]. The 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act intended to change that. Without criminal or civil liability (i.e. potential to be sued), F&B establishments could donate an “apparently wholesome food” or an “apparently fit grocery product" to nonprofits that would distribute it to "needy individuals" [4, 5, 6, 7]. They could only be held reliable if food service workers knew that the food wasn’t safe to eat (i.e. intentional misconduct) or didn’t check for pathogens like mold (i.e. gross negligence). Then why must I repeat that food insecurity has increased since 2001, and "up to 40% of the edible food supply ends up as food waste [and loss] [8]?" The Bill Emerson Act should make donating easy, especially when no company has been sued. There hasn't been enough education on food donation protection laws [9]. Moreover, the ambiguity of "apparently wholesome" or "apparently fit" renders civil and criminal immunity pointless. Rather than focusing on what to donate, F&B establishments focus on what won't get them in trouble. For context, Walmart’s Frank Yiannas’ team counted 47 "different" labels [10]. The 2023 Food Donation Improvement Act is a step in the right direction. It specified who qualified as a donor: retail grocers, wholesalers, agricultural producers, agricultural processors, agricultural distributors, restaurants, caterers, school food authorities, and institutions of higher education. Additionally, donors could set up a network of nonprofits, agreeing on a fixed rate to sell donated food to them: a "good Samaritan reduced price," which is not greater than making the food available for sale (e.g. handling, processing, packaging). F&B establishments could donate directly to individuals with civil and criminal immunity, too. Yiannas’ departure from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2023 indicates there’s more to be done. In his departure letter, Yiannas spoke about how the FDA is entering a "new era of smarter food safety," where it’s "bending the curve of foodborne illness once and for all” [11]. That curve must overcome 50% of food manufacturers, 25% of retail grocery stores, and 21% of restaurants feeling that liability concerns were still a barrier to donation, after being surveyed by the Food Waste Reduction Alliance in 2016 [12]. Until that curve is fully realized, however, F&B establishments won't donate. 

Food security is one of the most basic needs.

One of the most common concerns we hear from potential food donors is the fear of liability—many worry about being sued if donated food unintentionally causes harm. Some even mistakenly think donating surplus food is illegal. ⁠ ⁠ Good news 📣 ✨️ The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects individuals, businesses, and nonprofits that donate food in good faith. ⁠ ⁠ Dispelling this myth encourages more food donations and less waste. Click the link below to learn more about how this law supports food recovery and help us spread the word!⁠ https://lnkd.in/eBtsY6hh #foodrescueus #foodrecovery #fooddonation #goodsamaritan

It's the month of Thanksgiving in the US, and the food supply chain in particular is on our mind at RELEX Solutions. We help many kinds of retailers and CPGs optimize their supply chains, but spoilage is unique to those operating in the food industry. RELEX is running a donation campaign: for each new follower, we donate 1 USD to Feeding America. Help us get to 1Million followers = $1M donated! Follow us on LinkedIn this November and gain fresh insights on food supply chain – and do good. #donation #supplychain #food

FoodFilled's Giving Day is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! 1 in 3 Australian households suffer from food insecurity - yet 1.3 billion tonnes of edible food ends up in landfill every year. FoodFilled aims to combat the intersecting crises of food insecurity and food waste by rescuing leftover, excess or unsold edible food bound for landfills and redistributing that food to local charities in need. Today, and today only, each dollar donated to FoodFilled will be 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗗! This means that every $𝟭 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 = 𝟮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 to those in need. FoodFilled is seeking to raise $𝟭𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 to support our mission and achieve our goal of feeding 𝟯𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 people in 2025. This will also mean preventing 𝟭𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗸𝗴𝘀 of edible food from being wasted in landfill, which has an irreversible negative impact on our environment. Any support that you are able to give will help both vulnerable Australians and our environment - a deal too good to pass up! 💜 Donate now: https://lnkd.in/gba_pxEK