About this episode

The episode discusses a community service organization in Cambridge that rescues food to help those in need.

A community service organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts rescues food that would be routinely discarded by grocers, produce companies and others and delivers it to those in need including pantries and elderly meal sites. To see additional resources and our other programs, please visit humanmedia.org . Humankind specials are heard on NPR and PRX member-stations, in association with GBH Boston.

People in this episode

Host: David Freudberg

Topics covered

• food rescue
• community service
• hunger relief
• nonprofit organizations
• food waste
• social impact

Keywords

• food rescue
• Cambridge
• community service
• hunger
• nonprofit
• food waste
• elderly meals
• pantries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: community service organization, grocers, produce companies, pantries, elderly meal sites, humanmedia.org, NPR, PRX, GBH Boston

Places: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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