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San Diego Zoo and Feeding San Diego collaborate to combat food waste
The San Diego Zoo and Feeding San Diego have been in a partnership for over seven years, resulting in 31,000 meals for those in need.
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California's push to reduce food waste
The state of California is pushing big companies to donate unused food instead of tossing it. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell explains.
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Feeding San Diego hands out holiday food to hundreds of families in Mira Mesa
Feeding San Diego volunteers handed out holiday food to hundreds of families at an event in Mira Mesa. According to data from the organization, 9% of San Diego’s population is considered food insecure. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports on Dec. 16, 2023.
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Feeding San Diego's free mini grocery store helping food-insecure families
NBC 7’s Dana Williams finds a San Diego service giving people access to fresh and healthy foods.
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‘Everything is so expensive': Feeding San Diego's free mini grocery store helping food-insecure families
One in eight U.S. households, or 12.5%, was food insecure in 2022, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s up from 10.2% in 2021 and 10.5% in 2020. Feeding San Diego’s no-cost grocery store is just one way the nonprofit is trying to help.
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Restaurants look to help after inflation takes a hefty toll on Feeding San Diego
A $1 bill has lost a little magic when it comes to feeding the hungry in San Diego County. Feeding San Diego said they used to be able to buy four meals for $1 when it buys in bulk. However, inflation now limits the nonprofit to two meals for every dollar.
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San Diego's Senior Gleaners Harvest the Overlooked to Help Feed Others
Gleaner Seniors of San Diego County meets twice a week at a home, ranch or orchard to pick fresh fruit that was either left behind or would otherwise never be eaten.
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San Diego's Senior Gleaners Harvest to Help Others
The group spends countless hours finding food to feed San Diegans, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.
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Free Marketplace Seeks to End Hunger in San Diego County, One Zucchini at a Time
The check out system at this free marketplace is … you just walk out, NBC 7’s Dana Williams reports.
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Free Marketplace Seeks to End Hunger in San Diego County, One Zucchini at a Time
People are able to come on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to get free groceries. It is different than a food distribution in the sense that people are able to come and shop like it is a store, getting either one or two things or their whole list depending on what is in stock that day.