A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO FOOD RECOVERY
Contents
Purpose Of This Guide
- Foreword
- Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture
- I. An Introduction To Food Recovery
- Field Gleaning
- Perishable Food Rescue or Salvage Food Rescue
- Nonperishable Food Collection
- II. Why Food Recovery Is Necessary
- Fighting Hunger and Poverty
- Ending Food Waste
- III. Ongoing Food Recovery Activities
- St. Mary's Food Bank
- Second Harvest
- From the Wholesaler to the Hungry
- Foodchain
- Society of St. Andrew
- National Hunger Clearing House--World Hunger Year
- IV. USDA Food Recovery Activities
- Cooperative Extension System
- AmeriCorps National Service Program
- Other USDA Activities
- V. How Americans Can Help Recover Food
- Businesses and Corporations
- Food Service Professionals
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Youth Service Groups and Volunteer Organizations
- Individual Citizens
- VI. Food Safety Issues
- Foodborne Illness
- Receiving and Storing Donated Food
- VII. Legal Issues
- The Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
- VIII. Lessons From USDA AmeriCorps Summer Of Gleaning
- A Case Study
- How the USDA AmeriCorps Summer of Gleaning Worked
Key Issues Identified
During the Program
- Creating and Implementing Partnerships
- General Donor Indentification Issues
- Indentifying Donors for Farm Gleaning Projects
- Indentifying Donors for Food Rescue Projects
- Indentifying Recipients
- Collecting the Food
- Transporting the Food
- Storing the Food
- Communicating with the Public
- Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
- Conclusion
- by Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture
APPENDIX A: Food Recovery Information on the
Internet
APPENDIX B: Food Recovery State
Resource List
APPENDIX C: Emerson Good
Samaritan Food Donation Act
APPENDIX D:
State Good Samaritan Laws
APPENDIX E:
AmeriCorps Summer of Gleaning Partners
Acknowledgements