Where does the food bank get its food?
@GardenGerty (160883)
United States
December 11, 2023 7:21pm CST
Sometimes the communities where they are located do a food drive to collect food to share with those in need.
Sometimes it comes from a central food bank warehouse, where they have used donations to make leveraged purchases of items.
Something surprised me today. A local sausage making company has offered to process any deer that are being donated to the Food Bank. I guess I never thought of wild meat as being a resource for the food bank.
Good of them to offer to process it.
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
12 Dec 23
I know that my preferred grocery chain will freeze the close dated meat that does not sell and will donate it to food banks.
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@BearArtistLady (6036)
• United States
12 Dec 23
Our food bank gets donations from the community, and surprisingly enough from the local grocery stores. It's food that isn't out dated, but is coming close to the due date. Also local farms and ranches donate things like eggs and veggies and stuff. We also have people who have place that is like a food cupboard and the neighborhood brings all kinds of foods that they pick up on sale or aren't going to use and donate it. It is truly remarkable how this area has banded together to help others. It makes me proud!
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
12 Dec 23
That sounds a lot like central Kansas. I have friends who volunteer at the food bank. They always give out milk and eggs, and sometimes have pet food available. In our area those little food cupboards are referred to as "blessing boxes". The senior apartments where my sister lived people either donated their surplus to the office or just left it in the laundry room. In the growing season the Marion Community Garden donates lots of fresh grown produce.
@BearArtistLady (6036)
• United States
12 Dec 23
@GardenGerty I go to the food bank once a month and since they know I have two spoiled brats I get cat food. It helps a LOT since I have one cat that comes by during the day for a meal. It has a collar, but I think that was put on when it went in to get "fixed" so that no one would take a pot shot at it. Anyhow I give it some of my brats canned food and also any extra from dinner I might have. I will say that the blessings boxes and the food bank helps out a lot, not only for me but also for neighbors and friends. It seems like I always make up a huge box of food to help my really good friend in the next town over because she is in a situation where she is paying huge rent and not getting enough food because she runs short of cash...it's her and her husband and they both are on disability and their food stamps only go so far. (like all of ours)
@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec 23
Food banks are becoming popular here in the UK too. Most of them rely on food donations from the general public. There was something about it on television the other day saying that the people who run these food banks are getting worried because not so many people can afford to donate food because of the high cost of living.
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
12 Dec 23
Yes, it is true that it is hard for food banks to meet the needs right now.
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@2ndchances24 (9219)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
12 Dec 23
I use to eat deer meat back in the day
but I didn't know some food banks did
deer meat I don't know if trust it or not.
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
12 Dec 23
This is a certified meat processor. It should be good.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
12 Dec 23
I´m glad that you have such things in your country.
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@wolfgirl569 (107900)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 23
Road kill deer here used to be processed for that but they stopped
@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Dec 23
That sounds good to me. I hope some hunters will be interested,
@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
12 Dec 23
When I was 17 I hit a deer. There was already an accident not too far ahead of me where someone else hit a deer. The officer said not to worry the deer would be processed and given to families in need. That made me feel a little better after hitting it.
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@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
12 Dec 23
It sounds like they had a good system set up. I know some people who are on the list to pick up deer that have been hit.
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@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
12 Dec 23
That's a nice thing for the company to do. Some of our Meals on Wheels lunches come directly from the Cleveland Food Bank. Have a good day.
