and the chairman of tyson foods says that protecting workers means millions of pounds of meat will no longer be shipped to grocery stores. he says there is a serious food waste issue, and that these same producers could have fed the nation. we first told this story here in a report that has now inspired a movement. we watched your program last tuesday, april 14th, and it started with the idea that we need to do something about this. reporter: hundreds of volunteers are raising money to buy food from farmers. we re able to buy food from farmers and simultaneously feed the people in the south bronx that need that food. reporter: this tonight is fruit of their labor. more than 43,000 pounds of potatoes, trucked across the country from a farmer in idaho. tonight, i know new york s governor has announced a plan to get food from farms in new york city to the food banks that need it. reporter: that s right. it s a plan to buy the food, and
sole dominant male. only one orangutan dares to approach him on the platform. seduku, rescued from captivity in the 1970s, and one of the first to be rehabilitated here. are they a thing? yeah, in a way. we call her the great old lady, because she s the oldest female, age 48 years old. and she is doing still very well. she is a8, he is 23. that is quite a big age difference there, right? yes, but love doesn t see age as a problem, though. well, feeding time is over, and there s edwin. i m a bit nervous to see him so close. he s massive, so much hair. if you saw that from behind
here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. so today is saturday, so they will have 21 kg bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it s heavy. maybe 15 kilos. ooh, 0k. so, where are we at? almost 20. we are ready, 21kg. so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off as a rehabitation centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it s more than a0 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them how to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans, and tourists
and here he is. the orangutan. so much soul in their eyes. 97% of their dna is shared with humans. that where they get the name orangutan means man of the forest. 0rangutans are native to only two islands in south east asia. some live on sumatra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. so today is saturday, so they will have 21 kg bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it s heavy. maybe 15 kilos.
orangutan means man of the forest. orangutans are native to only two islands in south east asia. some live on sumatra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve, where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. yeah. today is saturday, so they will have about 21 kilo bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it s heavy. maybe 15 kilos. ooh, 0k. so, where are we at? almost there. almost 20. we are ready, 21kg. so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off