City Harvest Lead Distribution Center Associate Kareem Weekes at move rescued carrots with a forklift from refridgerated truck, through the warehouse and into a refridgerated room before U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Deputy Administrator Stan Meiberg join with private industry and charitable organizations represented by City Harvest Executive Director Jilly Stephens, Food Marketing Institute President and CEO Leslie Sarasin; and Feeding America Chief Supply Chain Officer Bill Thomas, to announce the United States’ first food waste reduction goals at City Harvest’s food recycling facility in Long Island City, N.Y., on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The announcement occurs just one week before world leaders begin to gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to address sustainable development practices and goals, including sustainable production and consumption. City Harvest rescues excess food using a fleet of 19 refrigerated trucks, three cargo bikes, over 150 full-time employees, and more than 8,000 volunteers. In fiscal year 2015, they will collect 50 million pounds of food, greater than the total amount of food collected in its first 14 years combined. Seventy-five percent of this total will be comprised of nutrient dense foods, including fresh produce, meat and dairy. - See more at: http://blogs.usda.gov/2015/01/07/new-yorks-city-harvest-wins-u-s-food-waste-challenge-competition/#sthash.Z8woe5nU.dpuf U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Beginning in August 2014, food banks across the country competed to see who could sign up the most food donors to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. From among the 200 food banks in the Feeding America network, the champion was City Harvest for signing up 114 donors to the Challenge. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Los damnificados por el huracán Milton, pueden recibir ayuda de alimentos y ayuda en varios lugares en el Condado Palm Beach y la Costa del Tesoro.
En el Condado Palm Beach el sábado de 10 a.m. a 1 p.m. el programa de reparto de alimento y agua en el Judge Roders Center en Riviera Beach en el 251 W. 11th St. Riviera Beach, por order de llegada el sábado.
En el Condado Martin, en Indiantown, el sábado el Banco de Alimentos Costa del Tesoro ofrecerá alimentos, agua y suministros a partir de las 8 a.m. hasta las 10 a.m. en SW Williams Place, Indiantown, hasta que se terminen los suministros.
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El Condado St. Lucie el miércoles 16 de octubre, el banco de alimentos ofrecerá comida, agua y suministro de 8 a.m. a 10:30 a.m. en el parque Ilous Ellis, 1311 Avenue M en Fort Pierce.
El viernes la despensa móvil en el Condado Indian River abrirá de 8 a.m. a 10 a.m. en Revelation Truth Church, 100 Mesa Park Blvd, Fellsmere ofreciendo alimentos y agua y suministros de emergencia, hasta que se agoten.
Los funcionarios del Condado Okeechibee están distribuyendo alimentos, agua y suministros, incluyendo lonas para techos el viernes de 8 a.m. a 7 p.m. en el Condado Okeechobee Agricultural Civic Centro, 4601 FL-710, Okeechobee, Fl.
Mirta Luaces es egresada de St. Thomas University y FAU, con un título de Multimedia Journalism, ha trabajado para El Nuevo Herald, El Sentinel, el Palm Beach Post, Bajo el Sol de Arizona y para periódicos comunitarios en el Condado Palm Beach, La Guía Gratuita y La Guía News. También, hizo periodismo radial… More »
