Devour Phx Hunger for Waste Not - July 17 to 31

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Devour Phx Hunger for Waste Not – July 17 to 31

Devour Phoenix and Waste Not are joining forces together with local restaurants to raise money for hungry Phoenix children, July 17th – 31^st.

Devour Phoenix members will use local food producers such as Scheriener’s Sausage, Crooked Sky Farms, Chili Acres, Schnepf Farms, MJ Bread, The Meat Shop, Seacat Farms, Desert Blossom Honey, Queen Creek Olive Mill, McClendon’s Select,High Spirits Gin to raise funds for Waste Not.

Devour Phoenix is a city-wide, non-profit coalition of selected, independent restaurants operating under the umbrella of Local First Arizona. Waste Not works behind-the-scenes to rescue cooked, perishable foods that would otherwise go to waste and through a logistical marvel they get nourishment to those who need it most.

Believe it or not, 1 in 4 Phoenix children go to bed hungry. “By teaming up, [Devour Phoenix and Waste Not] hope to feed 100,000 people in the Phoenix area,” said journalist Danielle Verbrigghe in a recent Phoenix Business Journal article.

“This is one pick up in my ride along. We picked up another 48 gallons of milk, 160 pounds of meat and about 300 pounds of bread, pastries and dry food,” said Devour Phoenix Coordinator, Margaree Bigler.

“It was incredible. They are an amazing organization and the restaurants are happy to collaborate for such a great cause. I went on a ride along with one of the trucks and the sheer quantity of food rescued was incredible. It’s a very efficient operation– food is picked up and distributed the same day. The effects are immediate. ”