Forgotten Harvest is a non-profit food rescue organization that collects food that would otherwise be in vain and gives it away free of charge to organizations that feed hungry people in Metro Detroit. In 2015, nonprofits distribute more than 40 million pounds of food to more than 260 emergency food providers.
Forgotten Harvest is a member of Feeding America, the umbrella organization of the United States for food banks and food rescue agencies.
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Forgotten Harvest was founded in 1990 by Nancy Fishman. Susan Goodell became CEO of the organization in 2000, and under her leadership the amount of food delivered increased significantly:
- 2001: 1.1 million pounds
- 2007: 8.6 million pounds
- 2011: 23 million pounds
- 2013: 43.9 million pounds
- 2014: 48.8 million pounds
Forgotten Harvest was the first food safety organization in the United States to form a rescue partnership with a grocery store, launching a program with Kroger in 1994.
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Operation
Forgotten Harvest operates a fleet of 33 refrigerated trucks that take on excess or unwanted food at health department approved sources such as grocery stores, restaurants, stadiums, banquet facilities and other places. It also works with local farmers to mobilize volunteers to harvest unwanted crops in their fields.
Some of the major retailers and venues of Forgotten Harvest collect food in Metro Detroit including Kroger, Costco, Meijer and Walmart stores, Palace of Auburn Hills, Joe Louis Arena, Comerica Park and The Henry Ford.
Volunteers sort and repackage food at Forgotten Harvest distribution centers and trucks deliver free food to regional nonprofit agents providing emergency food aid in Metro Detroit.
Forgotten Harvest Canada
In 2011, Forgotten Harvest created Forgotten Harvest Canada [1], a food rescue agency based in Windsor, Ontario based on Forgotten Harvest model. In its first fiscal year, it delivered 135,000 pounds of food and by 2013, the organization announced that it has achieved a milestone of one million pounds of food since its inception.
Forgotten Harvest Farms
In the spring of 2013, Forgotten Harvest launched an agricultural initiative, "Forgotten Harvest Farms," ​​where they began to grow their own food on donated farmland. In October 2013, they announced an estimated 850,000 pound harvest in their first year, and a donation of $ 400,000 in agricultural equipment from Ram Truck, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture to support future growth in agricultural operations.
During the first three years of operation, Forgotten Harvest Farms reported a harvest of more than 3.1 million pounds of products.
Awards and acknowledgments
- In 2007, Forgotten Harvest was named "Best Managed Nonprofit in Metro Detroit" by Crain's Detroit Business.
- In 2011, the President & amp; CEO Susan Goodell received Eleanor Josaitis Unsung Hero Award in the Shining World Regional Cooperation Award presented by Detroit Free Press
- In 2012, Forgotten Harvest and ConAgra Foods shared a Gold Edison Award for the Green Program for a "new partnership between a food manufacturing plant and a food rescue resource to divert excellent & edible food but historically discharged from TPA to feed the hungry. "
- In 2014, Forgotten Harvest received the Governor of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's Governor's Service Award for "Extraordinary Volunteer Program."
External links
Website- Forgotten Harvest Site
- Forgotten Harvest Canada
- Charity Navigator page for Forgotten Harvest
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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