In an effort to combat food insecurity during the COVID-19 era, Denver-based non-profit We Don’t Waste have partnered with Danone North America’s Two Good® Greek Lowfat Yogurt and City Harvest to create One Cup, Less Hunger program to help rescue and provide an equal amount of food to people in need for every purchase of Two Good yogurts.
We Don’t Waste believes nutritious food should go to people, not landfills, and that’s exactly when this partnership is accomplishing during this pandemic.
According to Feed Media, The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the issue of food insecurity in the United States. Up to one out of every six Americans could face hunger—an increase from one out of every seven before the pandemic. However, it is estimated that 30 to 40 percent of our country’s food supply is wasted, food that could otherwise feed these families in need.
One of the most effective ways to reduce food waste is to support hunger relief and food recovery organizations by helping them to feed those in need.
Danone North America estimates that the annual impact of Two Good’s One Cup, Less Hunger program will allow for 46 million pounds of food to be rescued, providing 28 million meals to those who need them across the U.S. By redirecting this food, the program also helps avoid the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) that would have resulted if the food was wasted.
According to Feed Media, when considering all of the GHG emissions that go into producing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food, what it’s helping rescue has a footprint equivalent to the annual impact of over 10,000 cars—or approximately 5.5 million gallons of gasoline burned.
“With this partnership, we will expand our mission of feeding those who are food-insecure in the community and continue to keep millions of pounds of high-quality food out of the landfill,” shares Arlan Preblud, executive director of We Don’t Waste. “To be selected by Danone North America is a game-changer for our hunger-fighting network, and we are honored to be part of the One for One program.”
It’s partnerships like these proving to be crucial for food banks during the pandemic.
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