The Farmlink Project connects farmers to food banks, delivering millions of pounds of farm fresh produce that would otherwise be wasted to feed families in need. No one should have to go to bed hungry while perfectly viable produce goes to waste. Donate Here
"No one should have to go to bed hungry while perfectly viable produce goes to waste. This produce shouldn’t have to be “rescued” from rotting in fields or being sent to the landfill, either; why were we ever letting this produce go to waste in the first place? These are systemic issues that our society needs to address. In a perfect world, The Farmlink Project wouldn’t need to exist—systems would be in place to streamline the supply chain so that zero percent, rather than 30 to 40 percent, of food grown in the United States went to waste. For now, The Farmlink Project is acting as the “link” connecting the broken supply chains in the agricultural and food access industries. Our long-term goal is to set up infrastructure which will render our work obsolete. If there were no food waste, if there were no hungry people lining up outside understocked and underfunded food banks, there would be no need for The Farmlink Project. That’s the dream. We’ve got a lot of work to do before we get there, though. We need you to help us put ourselves out of business".
Why Food?
"Food insecurity does not simply mean a lack of any food - it can also refer to a lack of nutritious food. 1 in 5 Americans currently experience food insecurity, an equivalent to 35.2 million people in the U.S. With the financial and accessibility barriers to getting fresh and nutritious produce, food-insecure individuals are often forced to buy unhealthy foods that will give them the calories they needed to get through the day but lack the nutritional value to sustain them in the long-term. Source: USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)"
Just $1 donates 18 meals! "The problems of hunger and food waste are massive, but solvable. Join our community of givers to combat hunger and heal the planet".
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