To The Bone

To The Bone

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To The Bone
To The Bone
Old Food

Old Food

Leading a rebellion against 'expiration' dates

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Hank Shaw
Jan 28, 2025
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Boxes of food from a supermarket loaded into the back of a car.
A typical food rescue load. All of this would be tossed without the program.

My life is awash in old food. Two days a week, I work at a food pantry here in St Paul, stocking shelves and delivering “expired” food from my local supermarket to those shelves. Some days there’s so much “waste” from the market that after I’ve stuffed my car full, there’s stil…

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