City Harvest

Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest (www.CityHarvest.org)
is the world’s first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city’s hungry men,
women, and children. This year, (2011) City Harvest will collect 28 million pounds of excess
food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate
cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to
nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks
and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 300,000
hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.
City Harvest also addresses conditions that surround hunger in New York City by
educating individuals, families, and communities in the prevention of diet-related
diseases, channeling a greater amount of local farm food into high-need areas,
enhancing the ability of agency partners to feed hungry men, women, and children, and
supporting affordable access to nutritious food in low-income communities. cityharvest.org press release, February 15th, 2011 
External link
*City Harvest
References
Category:New York City
Category:Food