TOPIC: 412 Food Rescue (Air Date 4_4_21)

About 412 Food Rescue: Driven by the belief that good food belongs to people, not landfills, 412 Food Rescue launched in Pittsburgh, PA in March 2015 to redirect healthy food from the waste stream to households and nonprofits that serve people experiencing food insecurity. In the United States, 40% of food produced is wasted while 1 in 5 people go hungry. The only organization in the Greater Pittsburgh Region focused on food that would otherwise be discarded, 412 Food Rescue addresses both hunger and food waste by mobilizing volunteers to bring surplus food from retail locations to nonprofits serving people in need. The growing team of 10,000+ volunteer drivers, mobilized by the Food Rescue Hero technology platform, has redirected more than 17 million pounds of food in western Pennsylvania, equating to 14.2 million meals and mitigating 9.2 million pounds of CO2 emissions in the process. Locally, the organization works with 800 food retailers and 600 nonprofit partners. https://412foodrescue.org/