How Philadelphia Nonprofit Sharing Excess Is Feeding The Community And Eliminating Food Waste

CBS Philadelphia

Hunger is often described as one of the world's dumbest problems, particularly when one considers all the food that goes to waste. But now, one man's hustle is creating change in the Delaware Valley and beyond.

The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market in Southwest Philly is one of the largest produce markets in the mid-Atlantic region. It's essentially a refrigerator the size of 14 football fields, where mostly restaurants and grocery stores go to buy their fruits and veggies. But on any given day, Evan Ehlers is there picking up donations.

"Everyday, we'll rescue between 30,000 to 50,000 pounds of food just from this one building alone," Ehlers said. "We take whatever food they aren't able to sell, and we redistribute it out to the community before that food goes to waste."

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