Food Cowboy, Please Pass it Along

OK, all in favor of feeding the hungry without additional cost to you, raise your hands.  Have you heard of Food Cowboy?

From its website:  "Food Cowboy uses mobile technology to safely route surplus food from wholesalers and restaurants to food banks and soup kitchens instead of to landfills. It was started in 2012 by Roger Gordon, a lawyer and former caterer, his brother Richard, a long-haul truck driver specializing in hauling fresh produce, and Barbara Cohen, Ph.D., the author of the USDA’s Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit."

I always wondered why institutions threw out food.  The answer I received, when I asked the question, was that people didn't want to assume liability for food that they couldn't control once it left the premises.  From the website:  "What about liability?  The Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects food donors from liability for damages caused by donations of apparently wholesome food that they donate in good faith."

Have you heard of dumpster diving for food?  Doesn't this seem easier?  Why doesn't everyone know about this?  Other questions I had were answered on their website, also.

Here's to Roger and Richard Gordon.  What wonderful world it would be if we all used our powers for good!!  I am in awe of creative solutions.  Creative and low-cost solutions are worth their weight in gold.  

Have a great day!

xo

Conni

Today's Mantra:  Food Cowboy, please pass it on.

Mantra for Every Day: I choose to send love to all; receiving love back multiplied in infinite proportions, creating and nurturing pathways of love.