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Food Connection
What you need to know
Food Connection is an Asheville nonprofit that rescues surplus chef-prepared food from catering companies, conferences, events, restaurants and institutions, repacks it into meals and gets it to people who need it. It started at Dig Local and works to ease hunger and cut food waste across Buncombe County through direct meal service and partner agencies. Free weekly meal distributions run Tuesday through Saturday in Fairview, at the Food Lion on Charlotte Highway, and in Leicester, Candler, Weaverville and Swannanoa, with a no questions asked policy, so everyone is welcome.
Local's Tip
Restaurants and caterers in Asheville with leftover prepared food can sign up to donate on the Food Connection website. Check there first for the current weekly meal schedule.
What the locals say
Co-founder Flori Pate, who also co-founded Dig Local, puts it simply: no fresh food should end up in the trash while people go hungry. Asheville shelters and meal programs count on those rescued meals every week.
What you need to know
Food Connection is an Asheville nonprofit that rescues surplus chef-prepared food from catering companies, conferences, events, restaurants and institutions, repacks it into meals and gets it to people who need it. It started at Dig Local and works to ease hunger and cut food waste across Buncombe County through direct meal service and partner agencies. Free weekly meal distributions run Tuesday through Saturday in Fairview, at the Food Lion on Charlotte Highway, and in Leicester, Candler, Weaverville and Swannanoa, with a no questions asked policy, so everyone is welcome.
What the locals say
Co-founder Flori Pate, who also co-founded Dig Local, puts it simply: no fresh food should end up in the trash while people go hungry. Asheville shelters and meal programs count on those rescued meals every week.
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