Potato & Produce Project
Type of practice Reuse for food
Name of practice Potato & Produce Project
Name of main actor Society of St. Andrew
Type of actor(s) NGO
Location United States of America
Stage of implementation End-of-life
Year of implementation 1983
What was/is being done? The Society of St. Andrew salvages tractor-trailer loads of potatoes and other produce that are rejected by commercial markets or potato chip factories due to slight imperfections in size, shape, sugar content, or surface blemishes. The food that the Society receives is donated. Usually, these rejected loads end up at local landfills. Through the project, the Society of St. Andrew is able to redirect fresh, nutritious produce to food banks, soup kitchens, Native American reservations, food pantries, low income housing areas, local churches, and other hunger agencies for distribution to the poor.
Outcomes and impacts In 2010, the Society salvaged and distributed to America's hungry 28.1 million pounds of produce into 32 states through the Potato & Produce Project. Since 1983, 623 million pounds of produce were distributed.
Source(s) http://www.endhunger.org/potato_project.htm
Contacts http://www.endhunger.org/contact_us.htm