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A border nonprofit turns wasted food into meals for shelters, and the results are hard to ignore.
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In this episode
- How food rescue works and why it matters at the border
- The real impact surplus food redistribution has on children
- What one founder learned building a nonprofit from the ground up
- Why food waste and hunger are two sides of the same problem
About this episode
In this episode of Next City, we learn about the importance of giving back to one's community and promoting environmental sustainability. A nonprofit at the border is collecting food and redistributing it to shelters.The founder of No Lost Food shares her experience with "food rescue" and the impact it had on the children helped.
Guests include reporter Christian Betancourt, who is Next City and El Paso Matters' joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow for Borderland Narratives. The fellowship is made possible with support from the Mellon Foundation.
About Next City
Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked.
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