Joni Kusminsky joined our team as Marketing & Communications Director in May 2020. How did you arrive at Lovin’ Spoonfuls?  I’ve been in nonprofits in Greater Boston and Central Massachusetts for over 15 years now –  and, even in those places where food wasn’t central to the mission, food insecurity was always right there impacting […]

By Lisa Day, Food Rescue Coordinator Farming contributes more than $130 billion to the US economy and yet farmers make up only 1.3% of the entire US workforce.  Compared to the 1840s, the amount of people working in agriculture went from 70% to just under 2% today.  With such a steep decline in agricultural work, […]

Compiled and written by FRCs Lisa Day and Emily Leonard. Every day at Lovin’ Spoonfuls, our awesome team of Food Rescue Coordinators (FRCs) are out on the road gathering food donations from all over Greater Boston, MetroWest and Western Massachusetts. Together, they rescue an average of 75,000 pounds of produce, dairy, meat, bread, and other […]