Jackson Hole Food Rescue

Participating food retailers set aside unsellable yet perfectly edible food products.

Jackson hole food rescue.

Hole food rescue s mission is to reduce food waste and food insecurity in our community. Aspen meadows tuesdays 1pm 3pm blair place apartments wednesdays 4 30pm 6 30pm the timbers fridays 4 30pm 6 30pm the program will conclude earlier if food supplies run low. Not long after hole food rescue formed its first partnership with the jackson whole grocer to divert excess edible food. Hole food rescue hfr officially launched june 24 2013 and now has eight daily food donors that set aside the food they can t sell because of blemishes approaching expiration dates general surplus etc.

The organization estimates about 3 000 residents in jackson hole meet the definition of that term. A popular annual food celebration hosted by nonprofit hole food rescue has been canceled. Hole food rescue diverts excess edible food from grocery stores to residents who are food insecure. The jackson cupboard is a food pantry that opened its doors in 2001 and has been.

Volunteers pick up food donations and get them to local food pantries shelters after school programs and more. No cost grocery program free groceries no questions asked. Hole food rescue diverts food from landfills to those who can use it. The 6th annual million pound party scheduled for august has been called off.

We have an amazing amount of support from the community through donors and volunteers dunford says. Hole food rescue was founded in 2013 on the simple principle that we have what we need to change the world if we look in the right places. In 2017 hole food rescue saved 213 010 pounds of food from going to waste and helped feed around a thousand teton county residents every week. Carrie boynton oct 16 2018.

The jackson cupboard provides essential nutritious food for our community members in need. Jackson cupboard ofrece alimentos esenciales y nutritivos para nuestros miembros de la comunidad que lo necesitan. Working under the nonprofit jackson cupboard hole food rescue works to decrease waste and increase food security in jackson through a more legitimate type of dumpster diving. Hole food rescue distributes excess food to organizations which serve the at risk residents of teton county.

Millions of pounds of food have been rescued. Jackson hole s community food pantry. Organizers called it a difficult and heart wrenching decision this decision was not made lightly but with the health and safety of the community in mind. For our founder ali dunford milburn that meant preventing perfectly edible food from contributing to the alarming.