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Food Rescue US Sinks Deep Westport Roots
If you’re like me, you’ve probably given little — if any — thought to the enormous amount of food that restaurants and grocery stores throw away every day. If you’re like Simon Hallgarten and Stephanie...
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Take A Bite Out Of Hunger
As Westport heads toward the holidays, many of us will dine well. We’ll enjoy meals at fine restaurants, with friends, family and colleagues. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. But it’s not such...
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Unsung Hero #42
Across Fairfield County, Food Rescue US volunteers are gearing up for April 25. That’s when the non-profit — which delivers extra food from restaurants, grocers, bakeries and caterers to soup kitchens,...
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Food Rescue: Simple Solution To A Tough Problem
The problem is staggering: Up to 40% of food in the United States is never eaten. At the same time, 1 in 8 Americans struggles to put food on the table. The solution is staggeringly simple: Food Rescue...
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Unsung Heroes #75
It takes a village to raise a child. It also takes a village to distribute extra donuts, far and wide. I’ve written before about Food Rescue US. That’s the amazing, app-based organization that enlists...
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Food Rescue US — And Trader Joe’s — Deliver
Sunday’s storm devastated parts of Westport. One house was demolished; a Staples graduate was killed by a falling tree in Fairfield. Yet in the midst of tragedy, rays of light shined through. Nicole...
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Unsung Heroes #137
Food Rescue US is one of those no-brainer, easy-to-do, why-didn’t-I-think-of-that ideas that dramatically impacts thousands of lives. Begun in 2011 in Norwalk, and now operating in 13 states, it...
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Composting And Cutting Food Waste: What Westport Needs To Know
COVID-19 has brought changes to Westporters’ relationships with food. Supermarkets look and feel different. Some people avoid shopping inside altogether. More than we know rely on free food sources....
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Roundup: Food Rescue, Harvest Fest, Shred It! …
=================================================== Last month, Allyson Stollenwerck and her 12-year-old son Walker attended Wakeman Town Farms’ “Attainable Sustainable” panel. They heard about Food...
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Roundup: Pivot Ministries, Ed Capasse’s Clarinet, Paul Newman’s Cars …
Today dawned gloriously. And the weekly Sunday morning Compo Beach service — sponsored by several local churches — welcomed back the Pivot Ministries. Their special brand of song and testimony got the...
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Roundup: Blue Ribbons, Kids’ Gifts, New Stop Sign …
Jennifer Wolff writes: “On Tuesday, in an effort sponsored by Temple Israel and the Jewish Federation, a few of us, including my friend Deborah Slade, met to tie blue ribbons around light poles and...
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