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Gleaning America's Fields ~ Feeding
America's Hungry |
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Potato
& Produce Project |
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We salvage
tractor-trailer
loads of potatoes and other
produce that
are rejected by
commercial markets or potato
chip factories due to slight
imperfections in size, shape,
sugar content, or surface
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Usually, these rejected loads
end up at local landfills.
Through the Potato and Produce Project,
the Society of St.
Andrew is able to redirect these
43,000-pound loads of fresh,
nutritious produce to
food banks,
soup
kitchens, Native American
reservations, food pantries, low
income housing areas, local
churches, and other hunger
agencies for distribution to the
poor. |
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2010
Results |
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In 2010,
we salvaged and
distributed to America's
hungry
28.1
million
pounds of produce
into 32 states through
our Potato
&
Produce Project. |
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Historical Total |
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Since the Society of St.
Andrew was established
in 1983, we have
salvaged and distributed
across America
to organizations serving
the needy
more
than
623
million pounds of
produce. |
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Because this produce
is donated
to us, the
Society of St.
Andrew pays
only for
the transportation
and packaging of the
food—an amazingly
low
6 cents per
pound! That means we
can provide food to
the nation’s hungry
for about
2 cents per serving! |
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Why
It Works |
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The Potato
& Produce
Project is
successful and extremely
cost effective for two
simple reasons:
First, the food we receive
is donated. This food is not
marketable for cosmetic
reasons, but is perfectly
edible. We do not buy the
food we distribute. Our
costs are for the
transportation and packaging
of the food we receive.
Second, we operate in
conjunction with existing
food distribution
organizations, such as food
banks. We avoid duplication
of effort in order to gain
efficiency and
to cut costs. |
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More
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