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FEEDING SAN DIEGO TO THE RESCUE
Never before has the need for food assistance been greater than it is today in San Diego County . Hundreds of thousands of people face hunger , and yet �0 percent of all food produced is wasted . Feeding San Diego , the leading hunger relief and food rescue organization in the region , is ending hunger through food rescue . It is protecting people and the planet .
Feeding San Diego rescues high-quality food before it goes to waste from over 600 locations in San Diego County , including grocery and retail locations , and from over 225 farms and packing sheds throughout California . Prior to COVID , 92 percent of the 31.2 million meals the organization provided to the community was rescued food . By diverting more than 27.6 million pounds of good food from the landfi ll , the organization averted nearly 25,000 metric tons of C�2 equivalent from going into the atmosphere .
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