Food Insecurity Is Getting Worse — How Can We Help?

Editor’s note: Food journalist, podcaster, and chef Cara Di Falco interviewed Table to Table Executive Director Heather Thompson. It debuted Dec. 2 on Cara’s YouTube channel.

Cara Di Falco interviewed Table to Table Executive Director Heather Thompson about SNAP benefits, Table to Table’s charity work, how people can make a difference and volunteer, and how individuals and families can find community support if they need assistance.

Table to Table is New Jersey’s first and largest food rescue nonprofit, bridging the gap between food being wasted and people facing food insecurity. We bring rescued fresh, nutritious food to 303 community partners, including social service organizations, pantries, shelters, fresh produce markets and centralized distribution hubs. Food is provided free of charge. Through this, Table to Table touches a diversity of those in need, including families, children, veterans, and older adults, making good nutrition accessible while serving as a stimulus for other longer-term benefits. Since 1999 we have rescued more than 120,700 tons of nutritious food—enough for 241,400,846 million meals—and delivered it to our neighbors in need, saving over 544 metric tons of methane saved.

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