How Angelenos are gleaning collecting extra produce and food thanks to hyperlocal apps Dakota Kim © Provided by The LA Times Pastry chef and videographer Alexandra Dorros, at her Culver City home, uses the app Galora to make exchanges of the fresh produce she grows. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)
When Erica Levi, a disabled single mom, received a 12-pound sirloin roast from the Upward Bound House in Santa Monica for Hanukkah, she knew she would have leftovers after she served it to her family of four. Concerned about spoilage, she knew she had to act quickly.
By posting on two Facebook gift economy groups, Buy Nothing Santa Monica (with about 1,400 members) and Ask, Borrow, Give Santa Monica (2,462 members), Levi quickly found nine neighbors with whom she could share the meat.
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