Comment on Supermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This isn’t always true. I was a volunteer at a Salvation Army food bank, and there would be crates upon crates upon crates of near expiry/day old bakery stuff/etc coming in from a local supermarket.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not nearly enough. But there are some glimmers of hope within the rubble.
nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I am really surprised the Salvation Army does not destroy stuff in front of people who need it.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Not sure where you’re coming from, other than I know they had some kind of negative reputation in the past, I think for anti-LGBTQ stuff?
Either way, once I was in there seeing what they were doing, I’m not going to throw any shade their way. Never once did I see religion being pushed on a single person, nor anyone turned away for any reason. Granted that is one particular food bank, I can’t claim it represents the entire organization.
nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Here is a good list.
My dad grew up in the Army, my grandmother was part of it until her death in mid 00s. I saw how they treated the people they were helping, if you looked too nice for help you got none (I fit here when I was on the verge of homelessness in the late 90s, despite volunteering with my grandmother in years previous), if you looked too bad you got no help.
Their soup kitchen gave small portions and always had leftovers. This was thrown away, not even given to the volunteers.