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The Stanford Project on Hunger (SPOON), a hunger awareness and food salvaging
student group on the Stanford campus, has started a National Food Salvaging
Replication Program (NFSRP). This program has the goal of increasing food salvaging
efforts across the country. Food salvaging is the collection of unused food
leftovers from eating establisments and events which are then channeled to local
hunger relief organizations to meet the hunger needs of community members.
Although food service employees work hard to reduce the amount of food
wasted, prior to SPOON's existence most leftover food on the Stanford
campus was thrown away. Recognizing this waste and the need for food among
the homeless in the Palo Alto area, a dedicated group of Stanford students
founded SPOON in 1987. This program has been enourmously succesful, at one
point helping to serve over 200 meals a week in the local community.
However, not all colleges have food salvaging programs. Recognizing that if
more schools participated in food salvaging programs, there would be less food
waste and less hunger in the United States, SPOON launched the National Food
Salvaging Replication Program in 2001. On this website, we have more information
on how campuses across the country can start a food salvaging program. Please
send an email to spoon@service.stanford.edu
for more information. Included on this website are:
Food Salvage Program Manual [ Word doc ]
How SPOON Operates Video [ QuickTime mov ]
Other University Food Salvage Programs
Summary of National and State Laws on Food Salvaging and Good Samaritan Laws
Helpful Information on Food Salvaging
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