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One of the 20 refridgerated City Harvest trucks that moves food to and from their food rescue facility in Long Island City, N.Y., on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. City Harvest rescues excess food using a fleet of trucks, three cargo bikes, over 150 full-time employees, and more than 8,000 volunteers. In fiscal year 2015, they will collect 50 million pounds of food, greater than the total amount of food collected in its first 14 years combined. Seventy-five percent of this total will be comprised of nutrient dense foods, including fresh produce, meat and dairy. - See more at: blogs.usda.gov/2015/01/07/new-yorks-city-harvest-wins-u-s... U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Beginning in August 2014, food banks across the country competed to see who could sign up the most food donors to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. From among the 200 food banks in the Feeding America network, the champion was City Harvest for signing up 114 donors to the Challenge. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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One of the 20 refridgerated City Harvest trucks that moves food to and from their food rescue facility in Long Island City, N.Y., on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. City Harvest rescues excess food using a fleet of trucks, three cargo bikes, over 150 full-time employees, and more than 8,000 volunteers. In fiscal year 2015, they will collect 50 million pounds of food, greater than the total amount of food collected in its first 14 years combined. Seventy-five percent of this total will be comprised of nutrient dense foods, including fresh produce, meat and dairy. - See more at: blogs.usda.gov/2015/01/07/new-yorks-city-harvest-wins-u-s... U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Beginning in August 2014, food banks across the country competed to see who could sign up the most food donors to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. From among the 200 food banks in the Feeding America network, the champion was City Harvest for signing up 114 donors to the Challenge. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.