The primary mission of Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry is to feed people. But last year the nonprofit, which prides itself on letting almost nothing go to waste, donated about 66,000 pounds of spoiled food to local pig farmers—keeping many tons out of landfills.
“Loaves & Fishes invests labor into inspecting all of our food before we give it out,” says Jane Colony Mills, the organization’s executive director. “When we find food that is starting to spoil, in broken packaging, or otherwise not something we would eat ourselves, we give it to area pig farmers to feed their livestock. Pigs get fruits and vegetables, bread and cakes, meat with broken wrappers, and sometimes even milk and eggs.” Sounds like the squeal deal to us!