Did you know that 30% of all food in the U.S. is wasted？ 和， 每年有近600万吨食物被浪费 仅在加利福尼亚州。

At Second Harvest, we’re on a mission to change that. As the leader in food rescue across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, we rescue more food than any other organization in our region. Last fiscal year alone, we saved over 86 million pounds of fresh, high-quality food and made sure it reached neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

By rescuing fresh produce from farms and nutritious food from retail stores and distributors– good food that would otherwise go to waste– we provide more variety to the clients we serve and also help protect the planet.

参议院第 1383 号法案对当地的影响

“Second Harvest is committed to providing more diverse foods to our clients while doing our part to reduce greenhouse gases created through food waste,” said Melissa Gaherty, Second Harvest regional food sourcing manager. “We help businesses comply with SB 1383, which requires them to donate more of their surplus, quality food. This means that more healthy food is available for people who are facing food insecurity and less goes into landfills.”

We play a leading role in food rescue across our two counties, 帮助企业遵守加州参议院第 1383 号法案(SB 1383) 规定，他们必须挽救可食用的食物。

  • We ensure rescued food flows seamlessly — and safely — from retailers to local partners. Last year our food rescue team connected more than 130 partner agencies to over 230 stores for an average of 820+ pickups from food donors per week. This came to a total of over 17 million pounds of food rescued from grocery stores.
  • Our retail rescue program has more than doubled since the implementation of SB1383, with a 123% increase in pounds rescued from retail stores since January 2021.

I’m proud to be part of the Second Harvest Grocery Rescue program. From fresh produce to bread and dairy, these donations help put meals on the table for people right here in our community. Our team works hard to sort and distribute everything so it gets into the hands of those who can use it — no cost, no judgment, just help. Together, we make a difference — one grocery rescue at a time. Thank you.

–Ron Kim, Salvation Army Sunnyvale

减少浪费，增加食物

Helping businesses comply with SB 1383 is just one part of our robust food rescue program. Of the nearly 111 million pounds of food we sourced and distributed last year, 75% was rescued.

回收的食物减少了浪费，减少了我们的碳足迹。仅在上一财年，我们就：

  • We saved over 86 million pounds of food from going to waste, saving the planet 47,000 metric tons (or over 105M pounds) of carbon dioxide and nearly 2 billion gallons of water. This is equivalent to taking nearly 11,400 passenger vehicles off the road for a year and saving enough water to fill more than 2,900 Olympic sized swimming pools, according to the ReFED Insights 发动机影响计算器.
  • Of the 93 million pounds of rescued food, nearly 56 million pounds of that was fresh produce we saved from being plowed under in the fields.

支持 Second Harvest 支持粮食救援

拯救食物是一项艰巨的任务。需要大量志愿者、工作人员和财力资源来收集、运输和快速分发食物给面临粮食短缺的邻居。通过支持 Second Harvest，您可以帮助减少食物浪费并帮助滋养我们的邻居。