SG Food Rescue

### Social Media

Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/sgfrcooks/ Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/sgfoodrescueInstagram: @sgfoodrescue

## Summary

SG Food Rescue is a young initiative started by a few dedicated individuals who came together to do something about the absurd amount of food being thrown away every day.

## Mission

SG Food Rescue organizes programs that allow volunteers to "experience the volume of food we waste as a nation".

## Initiatives

#### Veggie Rescue @ Pasir Panjang

SG Food Rescue runs Veggie Rescue Missions at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre every Thursday and last Saturday of the month.
The team approaches vendors at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre to ask for produce that they do not want, introducing SG Food Rescue and explaining why they are collecting these items. All Food Rescuers are expected to talk to vendors and to work together to carry the produce back. The majority of the collection gets channelled to soup kitchens and charitable organizations that feed the needy.

Missions start at 9:45am and end at 1.00pm for Food Rescuers. For Organizers and Drivers, Thursday missions end at 3.30pm and 2.00pm on Saturdays

#### Veggie Rescue @ Little India

SG Food Rescue runs Veggie Rescue Missions @ Little India every Tuesday and Friday morning.

Volunteers approach shopkeepers and ask them for vegetables and fruits that they no longer want. Most of these are for our the volunteer's own consumption or community fridges.

Missions start at 10.30am and end at 12.00pm for Food Rescuers.

Food Rescuers must be able to commit to collecting at least twice a month.

#### Fridge Restock

SG Food Rescue has been restocking the community fridges on an ad hoc basis. With this programme, and with the help of the community, the team transports unsellable veggies to the community fridges.

The fridges are located at:

1. Yishun 1: Blk 508B Yishun Ave 4
2. Tampines: Blk 441 Tampines St 43
3. Stirling: Blk 166 Stirling Rd
4. Dorset: Blk 48 Dorset Rd
5. Teck Whye: Blk 165A Teck Whye Crescent
6. Woodlands: Blk 718 Woodlands Ave 6
7. Toa Payoh: Blk 170 Lor 1 Toa Payoh
8. Yishun 2: Blk 162 Yishun St 11
9. Punggol: Blk 618B Punggol Dr

SG Food Rescue specifically mentions that they neither start nor maintain these community fridges.

#### Little India Veggie Collection

SG Food Rescue runs Little India Veggie Collection (LIVC) every Monday and Friday night.

Volunteers approach a few shopkeepers in Little India and ask them for their unsellable vegetables that would otherwise be thrown away. These are distributed among their Food Rescuers for their own consumption.

Collections start at 9.30pm and end at 10.30pm.

#### KK Cooked Food Rescue

SG Food Rescue works with Krishna's Kitchen, a soup kitchen in Little India, to provide their Food Rescuers with surplus food from each day's lunch session for the Rescuers' own consumption.

#### SGFR Cooks

SGFR Cooks is a weekly vlog that showcases cooks of the SG Food Rescue community. SGFR Cooks shares recipes from community members to inspire others to use food in new and creative ways.

## Get in Touch

Contact Page: https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/contact-us/

1. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/contact-us/. *Contact Us*. Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
2. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/this-is-what-we-do/. *This is what we do.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
3. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/veggie-rescue/veggie-rescue-pasir-panjang/. *Veggie Rescue @ Pasir Panjang.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
4. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/veggie-rescue/veggie-rescue-little-india/. *Veggie Rescue @ Little India*. Retrieved on 8th Nov 2020.
5. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/fridge-restock/. *Fridge Restock.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
6. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/little-india-veggie-collection/. *Little India Veggie Collection.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
7. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/kk-cooked-food-rescue/. *KK Cooked Food Rescue.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.
8. ↑ https://www.tamilmurasu.com.sg/tabla/singapore/free-meals-little-india. *Free meals in Little India.* Published on 25 Oct 2019. Retrieved on 8 Nov 2020.
9. ↑ https://sgfoodrescue.wordpress.com/sgfr-cooks/ *@SGFR Cooks Reduce Food Waste.* Retrieved on 8th November 2020.