April 16, 2019

Redistributing Healthy Food With Boulder Food Rescue

43 minutes

Boulder Food Rescue is a non-profit that redistributes healthy food to low-income communities. They do this by picking up fruits and vegetables that otherwise would be thrown away and delivering those items to places like food pantries & shelters, or directly to local low-income communities. And they do all of this by bicycle. I actually first heard of Boulder Food Rescue back when I interviewed Ethan from Falling Fruit for season 2 of the podcast. Since then, I have seen their bikes all over town, snow or shine. I really admire their mission, and love the community aspect of their no-cost grocery program. Make sure to follow Boulder Food Rescue on Instagram for some great videos explaining food waste!

Highlights from this interview:

5:40 - Boulder Food Rescue is redistributing 1600 pounds of food every day

6:37 - They have 26 no-cost grocery programs across boulder and every one is different

10:21 - Why is the food delivered by bicycle?

16:53 - Fresh Food Connect - donate your home-grown produce

19:08 - Forward Food Summit - social justice side of food systems. who has access to food and who doesn't and why? 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 5 children have a hard time accessing food. What is food insecurity?

26:43 - How to start your own food rescue - the Food Rescue Alliance. What is food justice and food equity?

38:45 - Advice for anyone interested in learning about food rescues, food justice, food equity, etc. What is the root of something that inspires you? By naming what is hard you can start to build community and action.

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