In the Press - Lovin' Spoonfuls Food Rescue

24 Jul

Lovin’ Spoonfuls aims to ‘rescue’ up to 10,000 pounds of fresh food each week in Western Massachusetts and give it to people in need

By Matt Berg | The Republican En espagnol: https://www.masslive.com/elpueblolatino/2019/07/lovin-spoonfuls-rescata-alimentos-frescos-a-beneficio-de-los-necesitados.html LONGMEADOW — Despite the popular 1960s tune, the food rescue agency Lovin’ Spoonfuls doesn’t believe in magic — their employees believe in hard work and dedication to solve food insecurity in Massachusetts, launching their first refrigerated delivery truck in Hampden County this week. The Boston-based nonprofit […]

5 Jun

WBUR: All Things Considered

How The State’s Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban Is Working By Lynn Jolicoeur and Lisa Mullins June 5, 2019 America has a bad habit of wasting food. In fact, about 40% of food in the U.S. never gets eaten. It starts small: that lonely head of lettuce you’ve let go limp in your fridge; the leftover casserole […]

19 Apr

Boston Business Journal: Prioritizing people in the food waste ban

By Lauren Palumbo, Chief Operating Officer of Lovin’ Spoonfuls April 18, 2019 Massachusetts companies are offering more solutions to dealing with food waste since the state’s organics waste ban went into effect in 2014, but often the methods are presented as equivalent to one another to the public. For example, David Abel’s article in The Boston […]