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San Francisco Bay Area’s Food Shift—reducing food-waste, alleviating hunger and creating jobs

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published April 2, 2017 at 2:47 AM PDT
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Dana Frasz, Founder and Director of San Francisco Bay Area based Food Shift shares her non-profit's partnerships with hotels, corporations, grocery chains and more to reduce food waste.

Dana talks about Food Shift’s primary mission, its incredible success stories, and the invaluable relationship with Jo Licata, Hilton San Francisco Union Square’s Community Projects Manager. 

Join NPR podcast host, Tom Wilmer as he visits with Dana Frasz. Discover how Food Shift utilizes leftover food, alleviates hunger, creates jobs, combats climate change, lessens the burden on landfills, conserves natural resources while propelling sustainable communities throughout the Bay Area.  

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Food Shift's Report for Santa Clara County

Food Shift's Alameda Kitchen

Feeding the 5,000 Oakland Video

Food Shift's Andronico's Program

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The Alameda Kitchen chef and team prepare a meal to be donated to City Team, a shelter and soup kitchen, in Oakland.
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The Alameda Kitchen chef and team prepare a meal to be donated to City Team, a shelter and soup kitchen, in Oakland.
On-the-job trainees Gigi and Terri prep veggies for soup
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On-the-job trainees Gigi and Terri prep veggies for soup

Food Shift recovering food from the Jack London Square farmers market in Oakland
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Food Shift recovering food from the Jack London Square farmers market in Oakland

Awesome donations to Food Shift
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Awesome donations to Food Shift
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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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