Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer

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• nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rural nm

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  • socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For the tomatoes you might see if there’s canning groups on Facebook for your area? It takes a metric fuck-ton of tomatoes to make a can of sauce so they’d likely be able to use quite a bit of them.

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  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I take it “nm” stands for New Mexico. What’s the weather like there? Sun-drying might be an option, at least dried tomatoes are something people buy.

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    • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My first thought for some reason was “northern Manitoba” lol

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      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think your server might contain a hint as to why…

        Not that you’re necessarily Canadian or in Canada, but you probably get more Canadian-centric posts on your local feed.

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      • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have gotten used to using the state abbreviation for New Mexico because a lot of people in the states see the “Mexico” and assume it is not a state. But they see NM and know that is a state. I forget that outside of the US people generally know our states better. Hell even our president does not realize we are a state.

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      • ECB@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was thinking North Macedonia or something, but then I remembered that the post referenced pounds

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  • DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Facebook canning groups are a great idea, as someone else mentioned. Them little old ladies can do pretty amazing things on short notice. Can I suggest hitting up local churches? The methodists, Episcopal and baptists are all particularly fond of doing drives and such, and may be able to do an impromptu canning drive for y’all

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where in North Madagascar?

    Madagascar is pretty big.

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    • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      North side of Main Street

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How rural? I found a Sikh temple north of Santa Fe that could maybe use it for their langar.

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  • Cenzorrll@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’re nearish ABQ, I’ve got a pickup I’m happy to help transport with. I unfortunately don’t think I’m in the list of approved people, otherwise I’d be more than happy to take as many of those tomatoes as I could

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  • blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Outside abq? If it’s near abq I’ll come get it

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    • nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Messaged you

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• Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This same thing plays out at many major food banks countrywide.

  Find out where the manufacturer’s warehouses and production plants actually are, and the nearest large food banks will be the recipients of their trash.

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