Page 18 - Annual Report 2017
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Food Donors 2017 Highlights
Through the generosity of many local producers, » We sourced nearly 1,300,000
Feeding America partners and individuals, we pounds of affordable, healthy
distributed more food than ever before. produce from California farms.
Next year, we will begin working with the » 49 different types of fruits and
California Association of Food Banks' Farm to
Family program, and spend only pennies on vegetables were distributed to our
the pound for tons of fresh fruits and pantry participants.
vegetables from California farmers, allowing us
to keep costs down and provide more variety » From grocery stores, we saved 2.9
for our participants. million pounds of food from going
Through our Feeding America partnerships we to landfills.
pick up fresh, perishable foods that are close
to their sell-by date and deliver those We live in an area where so many people
directly to our pantries for families to take live below the poverty level, and it’s
home. We rescue food at grocery stores, important to Mininger Farms to help them
wholesale produce markets, large retailers and however we can. We could sell this
distribution centers each week. produce for a profit, but we choose to
donate it.
We feel fortunate to be in a position to
give, and that’s an ethos we want to pass
along to our community.
— Nathan Mininger, Owner
