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San Francisco Organization Reduces Food Waste While Feeding Those In Need

A San Francisco organization has worked to reduce waste and feed those in need for the past 35 years with the help of volunteers.

Food Runners volunteer making a pick up on Haight Street.
Food Runners volunteer making a pick up on Haight Street. (CBS)

November 29, 2022

A San Francisco organization has worked to reduce waste and feed those in need for the past 35 years with help from a mobile team of volunteers.

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Back in 1987, Mary Risley faced a dilemma at her North Beach cooking school and decided to find a solution.

"We would have left over food at the end of the day. And what was I going to do it with it? Drive it to Glide [Memorial], give it to the people who work for me, or throw it away," said Risley.

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