Food rescue service turns waste into a lifeline for those in need (via IrishTimesOpEd)
In September I started working for FoodCloud, and on the day the Capuchin centre distributed its hamper tickets, I had the opportunity to go on a “food rescue”, a twice-daily mission to collect surplus food from some of our retail partners and deliver it to our charity partners.
We drove down towards the city, collecting food from partner supermarkets along the way, a lucky dip of fresh and ambient goodies: fruit and veg, eggs, protein bars and bread. Tony’s arrival was announced with “FoodCloud’s here”, and crates of food appeared with great efficiency. Tallaght to Terenure, then Ranelagh and Baggot Street. If you’ve never had the opportunity to drive around in the passenger seat of a delivery van, there is no better way to see a place.
At our last stop, off Meath Street, people stood around patiently in fridge-cold temperatures across the road from the D8 Food Bank. Here, as at every stop, the volunteers were smiling, ready for an exchange with Tony. Ready to get stuck into the business of divvying up the donated food into bags. Tony’s food rescue tour of Dublin, a whistlestop of everything broken, beautiful, kind, worn down, and worth saving in our capital.
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