Eat Greater Des Moines purchases refrigerated truck to spur food rescue donations
Thursday, June 3, 2021 3:31 PM
Eat Greater Des Moines this week acquired a refrigerated truck, a $40,000 asset that the nonprofit plans to make available to organizations seeking to help reduce food waste in the metro.
Aubrey Alvarez, executive director of Eat Greater Des Moines, said this is the first time the nonprofit has purchased a vehicle of its own to transport and temporarily store perishable food. It plans to develop a plan for making the truck available to partner organizations to pick up “food rescue” items from retailers, corporate events and other locations that would otherwise throw out perfectly edible food.