Blog: Feed Change
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San Diego Girl Scouts Have Become Climate Controllers Through Food Rescue Thanks to Local Partnership
Just a year ago, a joint effort between Swinerton Renewable Energy, Girl Scouts San Diego, and Feeding San Diego led to the creation of a STEM-centric Girl Scouts patch. The "Climate Controller" patch is focused on food waste and rescue and is endorsed by both the United Nations and the United Nations Association San Diego. It addresses multiple sustainable development goals [...]
Give a Meal this San Diego Restaurant Week
San Diego Restaurant Week is back (April 11-18). We’ve partnered with the California Restaurant Association to provide an option for those looking to give back while dining out. Our Give a Meal initiative is for those who would like to support local restaurants and provide meals to those facing hunger. Both are much-needed actions as we [...]
Feeding San Diego brings nourishing food and inspiration to Monarch School
It’s hard to believe that schools in San Diego have been closed for a year now, replaced with distance learning. A large part of Feeding San Diego’s food distribution network is schools. We provide nutritious, healthy food to low-income students and their families. One particular school that has been faced with an unimaginable situation is Monarch School. Monarch School is [...]
Local farmer Jeff Bloom helps Feeding San Diego stop food waste in its tracks
Sending food to the landfill should be considered a last resort. In addition to avoiding the detrimental environmental impact that food waste creates, reducing overall waste allows us to minimize disposal costs. Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Alpine-based Bloom Family Farms, we can focus more resources toward distributing much-needed food to those experiencing [...]
This Earth Month (and every month) We’re Feeding People, Not Landfills with Food Rescue
In 2019, an enormous 35% of all food in the United States went unsold or uneaten.* Most all of it became food waste, meaning it went straight to landfill, incineration, or down the drain, or was simply left in the fields to rot—with a greenhouse gas footprint equivalent to 4% of total [...]
Feeding San Diego works together with The Lucky Duck Foundation and The Salvation Army to provide jobs for those experiencing homelessness
Good things can happen when people work together. The Lucky Duck Foundation believes working together to share and maximize resources is critical when addressing homelessness, and we agree. Today, we’re sharing the story of what happened when three local nonprofits came together to create a new opportunity. Opportunity for people experiencing homelessness and the transformation it paved the [...]
