Daily News | Philly was wasting tons of produce. Then a scrappy startup stepped in.
, each deliver millions of meals a month, which leaves little bandwidth for catering to individual donors — even those as big as the market.
Donating perfectly good but unsellable food rather than throwing it out seems like a no-brainer, but change is hard, and many of the market’s vendors have been there for generations. And much like composting at home can be a bit of a hassle, designating some produce as excess and then shuttling it over to another part of the warehouse takes time.
Soon enough, they had so many pallets coming their way, they needed to move into a breezeway of their own.In a year, Sharing Excess has diverted more than 50% of the market’s waste from the landfill, resulting in about $300,000 in savings, Ehlers estimates. That figure pales in comparison to the partnership’s impact on hunger relief. Between July 2021 and September 2022, they sent 6.1 million pounds of produce to Philly-area food banks.
In return for these services, the Wholesale Produce Market, Philabundance, and Share contribute money to help Sharing Excess cover its expenses.
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