cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/28492645

Please leave suggestions or help there.

I volunteer at a food bank, and the company that sends us our food decides what we get. Last Tuesday they sent so much produce we could not fit it all into fridges. We were trying to give away cases of the food on Wednesday, but people were turning it down because they had no place to store a case of tomatoes, or cauliflower. This was what we had left after last Wednesday’s morning give away. Not pictured the 5000lbs of watermelons, the 2500lbs of onions (those will last a lot longer).

The company that supplies us wants to move from sending shipments every other week, to once a month. This would cause even more no produce loss.

It is so frustrating to have all this food for it to go bad. Even if we got the same volume of produce, but there was variation in what it is we could give it away easier.

  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zoneEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Can you get posts up about the free food?

    Borrow a ute (pickup truck) and drive around poorer areas looking to give it away?

    Contact other charities that might be able to cook it up to give to people? The Sikh’s do a lot of that where I’m from.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    5 days ago

    You could try turning the tomatos into a preserve but thats a lot of time, energy, and jars. Fucking sucks that they would do that to you OP

  • stray@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    I see we’re continuing to use the traditional Reddit definition of “mildly” here.

    • ChanchoManco@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Why would fit compost perfectly fine food, they should only consider composting if there’s no way to give it away or preserve it.