Potato Project is a program of the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) in the United States that diverts potatoes rejected by food processors to the poor.
The Potato Project has salvaged over 500 million pounds of produce since 1979, reducing landfill waste while supplementing the diets of the poor.
Tractor-trailer loads of potatoes and other produce are often rejected by commercial markets or potato chip factories due to imperfections in shape, size, surface blemishes, or sugar content. Usually, these edible rejected loads end up at landfills. Through the Potato Project, redirects these loads to food pantries, low income housing areas, local churches, and other hunger agencies for distribution to the poor.
Since the produce is donated, the SoSA only pays for the transportation and packaging — just six cents per pound or two cents per serving. There is no charge to the recipients .
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