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Mark Dinglasan, executive director of the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate, Assemblywoman Shama Haider, Heather Thompson, executive director of Table to Table, and Dr. Jenny Schrum, of the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate smile beside a colorful poster on an easel. The poster displays a farmer with harvested vegetables and text: "Rescuing Food. Reducing Waste. Relieving Hunger."
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Food Security Groups, Officials Convene for Annual Conference in North Jersey

Editor’s note: This story was aggregated from an article by Montclair Local. Click here to read the entire article.

Nonprofit leaders, government officials, and community agencies gathered last week for the third annual Partners for Good Conference hosted by Table to Table, a food rescue organization serving North Jersey.

Related: How New Jersey Built the Country’s Most Ambitious Food Security Measurement Model

The daylong event, co-sponsored by Montclair State University’s Social Work and Child Advocacy Department, brought together food pantries, shelters, and service providers that distribute surplus food to residents across Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Hudson, and Morris counties.

Related: New Jersey Publishes 3-Year Food Security Strategic Plan

The conference featured panel discussions, breakout sessions, and presentations focused on challenges facing food assistance providers, including rising demand and limited resources. Officials from the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate also presented the state’s new Food Security Strategic Plan and answered questions from attendees.

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 276 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 133,271 tons of nutritious food — enough for 266,542,863 meals — and delivered it to our neighbors in need, saving over 612 metric tons of methane.

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