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U rban Gleaner s
www .urbang leaner s.or g
We are one of the few national organizations that collects [gleans] primarily fresh food
from grocery stores, event sites, farms, and farmers markets and distributes it directly to
those in need. At our farmer’s market-styled Free Food Markets, we create abundance
and joy through choice rather than distributing boxed food. The dignity associated with
shopping for your own food is vast, and we want everyone to have the ability to choose
what they want/need.
In the United States, the single largest volume of material sent to landfills and incinerators
comes from food waste. Worldwide, food waste accounts for 8 to 10 percent of global
greenhouse gas emissions, at least double that of emissions from aviation. According
to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, that is
enough food to feed more than a billion people.
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