Foodshare works in partnership with the food and hospitality industry to reclaim good food that is not salable. As a result of this partnership, less food is deposited in landfills and thousands of dollars in disposal costs are saved.
100,000 people still go to these private emergency food programs in greater Hartford each year. Most people in need are families (40,000 of our hungry neighbors are children) and 27% of the households needing help have at least one adult working!
With all Foodshare has accomplished, it is still not enough! The 9.2 million pounds of food distributed last year works out to only 92 pounds per hungry person per year – less than two pounds of food per person per week. We have to keep up the effort to do more!
Giving food to hungry people is important, but is not a long-term solution to the problem of hunger in the midst of plenty. So, Foodshare works to educate and involve the community in finding real, long-term solutions to the problems of poverty and hunger.
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