12/17/2023 0 Comments Feedy greedy deer food![]() It also gives fresh produce not suitable for human consumption, due to bad bruising or wilting, to farms for animal use. The program collects foods that would be thrown away by grocery stores for being near their “sell by” dates or having an imperfect appearance. ![]() ![]() “We’ve diverted 900,000 pounds worth of food from the landfill this year through our collection program,” he said. He says practices like this mixed with a pinch of ingenuity and combined with the organization’s food recovery program, have led the Food Bank to becoming waste-free. The items were samples from the Food Bank’s Community Kitchen, provided by the Rotary Club of Red Deer East. On the menu were bison meatballs with barbeque sauce, potatoes O’Brien made with peppers, apple brown betty made with a breadcrumb topping, and rice pudding. “Community organizations have come together to use food, that would have otherwise been wasted, to teach the community how to use food properly to ensure that everyone gets fed,” said Mitch Thomson, Executive Director of the Food Bank. at Rotary Recreation Park, the Food Bank teamed up with the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Rethink Red Deer’s Common Ground community garden, the City of Red Deer, Alberta Health Services, and other partners, to host the Feed 500 event which teaches the community about the impacts of food waste. The Red Deer Food Bank says they have been a waste free facility for the past 14 months and were teaching the community to do the same this Friday.
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