Denver's Potatopalooza gives away 80,000 pounds of potatoes
We Don't Waste handed out 80,000 pounds of free potatoes from its Park Hill warehouse, nearly double a July giveaway. The group moves rescued food to more than 190 nonprofits.
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We Don't Waste opened its Park Hill warehouse for Potatopalooza and handed out 80,000 pounds of free potatoes, Denver7 reported. That is nearly double the group's July giveaway. We Don't Waste also sends rescued food to more than 190 nonprofits.
The 80,000 pounds are this event. The nonprofit network is the longer route those potatoes, and other rescued food, already travel. The story is one giveaway aimed at waste and grocery bills, not a claim that every pantry in Denver was stocked.
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In Denver, a group called We Don't Waste held Potatopalooza at its warehouse in the Park Hill neighborhood. People could take free potatoes. The pile weighed 80,000 pounds, almost twice what the group gave away in July. The organization also sends rescued food, food that would otherwise be thrown out, to more than 190 nonprofits. A giveaway like this keeps potatoes out of the trash and puts them in kitchens. Eighty thousand pounds is the potatoes at this one event. The 190 nonprofits are the wider network the group already supplies.
- Why would a warehouse have potatoes it cannot sell?
- What is the difference between throwing food away and giving it away?
- How could a school use extra food instead of wasting it?
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