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Check out our 2023 Impact Report!!!

Learn how Foodlink revolutionized its data collection with Jotform Enterprise, boosting efficiency and helping feed more communities! 🍽️ A powerful case study on nonprofit impact & streamlined operations. #NonProfit Check it out👇 https://ow.ly/MGhz50TxfRH

We have a story in the latest issue of Neighbourhood Media detailing all the work we do via Addison Road Food Pantry Camperdown, our low-cost grocery store which makes use of rescued, donated and purchased food to support the local community and its needs. The story (link below) shows how we help feed people from Mission Australia's Common Ground housing project and the nearby Johanna O’Dea Court, a multi-storey NSW Family and Community Services apartment block. It also explains how we serve people living on a tight budget in Camperdown and Glebe, as well as people who come to the pantry from right across the City of Sydney LGA. Most of all, the story is a celebration of our monthly Addi Road 'Let's Get Cooking' sessions (AKA "the Cook-Up"), which offers 260 free hot meals for Mission Australia and Joanna O'Dea residents, as well as those shopping at our Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. These sessions involve a monthly cooking demo inside the Common Ground building. Food literacy is the ultimate goal behind Addi Road's Let's Get Cooking program. As well as simply providing a free hot meal (and dessert) each month, we look at helping people to shop AND cook with often very limited funds. Each month there are easy recipes on offer (and ready to be tasted) along extra tips for stocking people's kitchen cupboards; a list of essentials to facilitate simple, inexpensive and nutritious recipes that will match whatever Addi Road Food Pantry might have in stock. It's about building an integrated food ecology for people battling. With a few extra special ingredients over a shared meal as the community comes together: camaraderie and connection. + #Addiroad #cityofsydney #foodrelief #foodjustice #housing #inequality #Camperdown #Glebe #MissionAustralia #homeless #battling #costofliving #poverty #resilience #mentalhealth #wellbeing #nutrition #diet #charity #community #freemeals #cookingworkshop #volunteers #caring #education #connection #letsgetcooking #neighbourhoodmedia https://lnkd.in/gs7vVEvM

Quick glimpse into my day today! Today, I had the incredible opportunity to join Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland’s transportation crew on a food rescue route, all while shooting a video. Witnessing firsthand the impact of corporate food rescue has been a great experience. Corporate food rescue isn’t just about saving surplus food (3,500+ lbs today); it’s about managing our resources responsibly to ensure everyone has access to nutritious meals while reducing waste and it’s environmental impact. Aligning my personal values with my professional endeavors has always been a priority for me - its why I chose to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector. Seeing the positive impact of initiatives like this only strengthens that alignment for me. #foodrescue #corporateresponsibility #sustainability

As we wrap up Earth Month, take a moment to think about what happens to fresh, healthy food that doesn't get eaten following an event or other gathering. If you’re in Omaha and choosing where to eat this weekend or where to host an upcoming event, opt for a restaurant or food vendor that supports the work of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue. Here’s why perishable food rescue is important: 🥦 Wasted Food: In the U.S, more than 30% of food available goes unsold or uneaten. While a very small portion of this is donated to those in need, the vast majority becomes “wasted food,” going straight to the landfill. 🥕 Food Insecurity: Food insecurity is about more than experiencing hunger. People often lack access to healthy foods, such as produce, meat, fresh milk and eggs – the exact types of food that make up most of the wasted food. 🌎 The Environment: Wasted food is bad for our environment. Not only is wasted food a drain on natural and economic resources, wasted food in the landfill creates harmful greenhouse gases adding to global climate change. I’m so proud to serve on the board of Saving Grace, Omaha’s only dedicated perishable food rescue service in our community that connects local food vendors to organizations that serve people in Omaha experiencing food insecurity. Check out the full list of our food vendor partners here: https://lnkd.in/g3R3wec8 Shout out to the awesome staff and my fellow board members for their dedication to the cause! Lenli Corbett Lonnie Michael Jr. Rita Clark Beth Ostdiek Smith Thomas Hall Andrew H. Wong Jack Holmes, CFA Anna Cramer Nathan Browne Ada W. Robert Kaminski, MBA, PMP

Check out a creative approach to food recovery and waste prevention in collaboration with Food Recovery Network and Food Rescue Hero. Read about my approach to food recovery and my take-aways from the conference for like-minded student leaders. We all need to eat, so by changing our attitudes of food donation to thinking about food waste, we can all be apart of the solution!

Here is a message from our Executive Director about our annual report with a link to it!

Food Recovery Network is more than an initiative to donate meals; it is a reminder of the principles that guide human prosperity: Unity, transparency, accountability, accessibility, efficiency, and equity. It is built upon a foundation that nurtures the connection between humans, the environment, and the societal systems we reside within. I believe the various systems we are bound to – governmental, academic, technological, workforce, and food systems – should serve us, not the reverse. I believe the processes that shape these systems can be adapted to do so sustainably, food recovery being an example. I believe fueling your body should be free from shame and difficulty. I believe an idea becomes a reality through mistakes, encouragement, and engagement with innovative minds. I owe my growth as a thinker, student, and person to my FRN team, family, and friends – thank you. I'm beyond grateful to Jessica Hallman and Penn State University for taking an interest in Food Recovery Network and my story along with it. It means more than words can describe.

Avocados have exploded in popularity across the United States. But to produce all that guac, the avocado industry is gobbling, too — scarfing up vast swaths of Mexican forest, where millions of monarch butterflies migrate to spend the winter and other imperiled wildlife struggle to survive. Most avocados sold in the United States come from a single region in Mexico, where the industry burns forests and uses an enormous amount of water — 18.5 gallons to produce one avocado — in a region already suffering from extreme drought. Avocado production also brings land grabs, pollution, and violence to Indigenous and other local communities. Research from Climate Rights International has linked this devastation to importers that supply major U.S. grocery stores with avocados. Tell U.S. grocery stores to adopt avocado-sourcing policies that protect human rights and monarch habitat. While some grocery companies have anti-deforestation policies for palm oil and beef, few — if any — have them for avocados. And most corporate policies to protect human rights don't address violence to Indigenous and other local communities in their supply chains. If we demand that grocery stores source avocados responsibly, we can build a better food system. But we need to act now.               Every day more than 10 football fields' worth of Mexican forest are cleared for avocado production. If the United States keeps consuming avocados at this rate, by 2050 the land destroyed to grow them will have increased by more than 70% — at the expense of even more forests, including those of the world-famous Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Imperiled monarchs are plunging toward extinction already. Losing their winter home in Mexico could be the final blow. Join us in urging top U.S. grocery chains to adopt an avocado-sourcing policy that protects monarchs and human rights.

If you enjoyed this recipe or have suggestions on how we can improve it, please leave us a comment below. Also, make sure to check out other dishes I’ve created or stories I’ve written about food culture – here. #crispy #dinner #lunch #Salty #Vegetable