Submitted 2 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to workreform@lemmy.world
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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.
I am really surprised the Salvation Army does not destroy stuff in front of people who need it.
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.
i heard local vendors would give their unsellable foods (discolored etc) to churches to hand out. dont know how much but its a tough issue.
Then there is the whole safety issue. Food poisoning is no joke.
Because it’s basically illegal for them to give it away. If they gave away expired food they would be sued to oblivion within a week because current laws make them liable for any sickness/death that occurs from it.
As previously pointed out by another user, if you are talking the US than, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 shields donated food. It is absolutely a choice not to donate it.
That leaves plenty of room to be sued actually. It provides limited liability, not zero liability, and would be put to the test almost immediately.
You know perfectly well they can give it all to charities e.g. 1 week before the date.
Give away perfectly good in date food instead of selling it?
yeah it’s politics’ job to feed everyone, agree. however, food waste in general is not the bad thing that you think it is.
food production naturally fluctuates. there have been over 20 volcano eruptions (example) in the last 2000 years that led to recorded famines. it’s only a matter of time till the next one happens. it’s not preventable, the only mitigation is to have enough surplus food production capability to make it through even if 30% of crops fails.
and having surplus food production capability necessarily leads to food waste.
and having surplus food production capability necessarily leads to food waste.
Nobody is complaining about that.
The complaint is that there is surplus production, and simultaneously 1. the production is actively wasted and destroyed, while 2. people are going hungry.
That’s like saying ‘your kid has a horrible disease, and in this syringe I have the cure for it, but I’m just gonna squirt it down the sink instead because why not’.
Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I ate so well for a few months as a student until the local Waitrose started chaining their bins shut. Quite a lot of people did in fact, which is presumably why they started chaining them shut.