New effort in Asheville, Food Connection, aims to collect leftover food, deliver it to needy

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Food Connection is a new effort of Ted and Flori Pate, the founders of the Local Flavor AVL smart phone app. “Food Connection collects surplus food from restaurants and caterers and delivers the food to those who will enjoy it, reducing food waste and easing hunger,” according to their page on Facebook.

The partnership has the Local Flavor crew teaming up with Asheville Taxi, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and several local restaurants to collect leftover food and deliver it to agencies that serve the needy.

More as I get it.

8 Comments

bigmeech February 4, 2015 - 1:52 pm

great idea, just keep the feeding kitchen far far far away and hopefully the bums will move elsewhere

Sc February 1, 2015 - 11:15 am

You need to chk out dumpsters of aldi and tj. Work out an arrangement w them?

Big Al February 1, 2015 - 4:56 pm

Scary that you (or anyone) would know this.

Matt February 1, 2015 - 10:37 pm

I’m an advocate of individuals or small groups dumpster diving, (I’ve found some ridiculously large amounts of good clean food in dumpsters before) and individuals can take responsibility for themselves. But I wouldn’t want to introduce that as a resource for a public program.

Jessika February 1, 2015 - 12:39 am

Awesome idea, like city harvest in NYC!!

Matt January 31, 2015 - 11:58 pm

Seems so…simple, obvious…. The best ideas often are. I look forward to hearing more.

Ornery January 30, 2015 - 11:58 am

This might be the only good idea to come out of Asheville in ten years.

chris January 30, 2015 - 12:14 pm

How would you rate your comment on it? A close second?

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