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- Best Practices for Food Recovery and Gleaning - Report for a study of food recovery in the United States national school lunch program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture. [PDF file]
- Food Recovery and Gleaning Initiative - A publication from the United States Department of Agriculture discussing food recovery efforts, methods, and safety issues.
- Community Food Rescue - Collects surplus perishable food from restaurants, grocers, food wholesalers, and other food service businesses and delivers the food to other nonprofit agencies feeding people in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
- Food Gatherers - Works to alleviate hunger in Washtenaw County, Michigan by rescuing foods otherwise destined for waste, and then distributing these and other non-perishable foods.
- Inter-Faith Food Shuttle - Description of food-recovery program, volunteer needs, information on job-training programs and how to hire a program graduate, newsletter, and FAQ. Part of the America's Second Harvest network.
- Farm Share - A non-profit, Florida City organization that recovers food from farms, wholesalers and other groups which is donated to feed the hungry. Includes explanation of process, programs and services, and how to become involved.
- Inter-Faith Food Shuttle - Description of their food recovery program, volunteer needs, information on their job training program and how to hire a graduate, newsletter, and frequently asked questions.
- Foodbank of Southeastern VA - Promotes food recovery; acquires and distributes food, clothing and related products; and provides community leadership and education on issues of hunger and poverty.
- Senior Gleaners - Nonprofit corporation run by senior volunteers who glean surplus food for clients and charitable organizations in need. Information on donation and volunteer needs, news, and program descriptions. Part of the America's Second Harvest network. California.
- Waste Not - A non-profit, charitable organization that picks up and distributes prepared food to needy people in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area.
Wikipedia Articles
- Food rescue - Food rescue, also called food recovery, is the practice of safely retrieving edible food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to those in need. The recovered food is perfectly edible, but often not sellable.
- Addiction recovery groups - There are a variety of addiction recovery groups and methods other than those that follow the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. The following is a list of twelve-step programs and other groups and methods that deal with addiction to substances other than food.
- Exercise bulimia - Exercise bulimia is a subset of the psychological disorder called bulimia in which a person is compelled to exercise in an effort aimed at burning the calories of food energy and fat reserves to an excessive level that negatively affects their health. The damage normally occurs through not giving the body adequate rest for athletic recovery compared to their exercise levels, leading to increasing levels of disrepair.