food rescue
Saving surplus meals
Food rescue is the practice of collecting surplus edible food—from restaurants, groceries, farms, or events—that would otherwise be discarded, and redistributing it to people in need.
The term emphasizes salvage: the food is rescued from waste.
Organizations that do this work are sometimes called food rescue groups or food recovery programs.
The nonprofit does food rescue from local bakeries every evening.
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- dumpster divingSalvaging from discarded refuse
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- scavengingscavenging, rummage, foraging, forage, salvage
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Discarded edible matter
landfilling · composting · dumping · incineration · discarding
food rescuefood insecurity
Uncertain access to adequate meals
food scarcity · hunger · starvation · food deserts · price gouging
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