The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

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A Topical Guide to the Personal History

Topical Guide 445

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Eric Kraft
Mar 7, 2023
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Good Works, Noble Efforts

Reservations Recommended, Chapter 2:

     “I represent this outfit called Boston Gleaners? They collect food — leftovers, literally — and distribute it to soup kitchens, rehab centers, shelters. You’d be amazed at what they get. Anything that isn’t actually put onto a plate, that kind of leftover.”

City Harvest:

     As City Harvest marks 40 years since we helped start the food rescue movement, we will collect 75 million pounds of good, nutritious food this year from farms, restaurants, grocers, and manufacturers to help feed the millions of New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet.
     Food rescue is the process of safely recovering excess food and distributing it to people in need. In the United States, up to 40% of the food we produce is wasted. Much of this food is perfectly good and healthy to consume. By redirecting that food to our neighbors in need, we are fighting hunger through food rescue. . . .
     With every pound of food City Harvest redirects to a family that needs it, we are also working to reduce food waste, a key contributor to climate change. When food goes to a landfill, it produces methane gas—a greenhouse gas at least 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Wasted food is the single biggest material placed in municipal landfills, according to the US EPA. And municipal landfills are one of the biggest contributors of human-related methane in the country, accounting for more than 14% of all such emissions.

Have you missed an episode or two or several?

  • You can begin reading at the beginning or you can catch up by visiting the archive or consulting the index to the Topical Guide.

  • You can listen to the episodes on the Personal History podcast. Begin at the beginning or scroll through the episodes to find what you’ve missed.

  • You can listen to “My Mother Takes a Tumble” complete and uninterrupted as an audiobook through YouTube.

  • You can ensure that you never miss a future issue by getting a free subscription. (You can help support the work by choosing a paid subscription instead.)

  • At Apple Books you can download free eBooks of Little Follies and Herb ’n’ Lorna.

  • You’ll find overviews of the entire work in An Introduction to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy (a pdf document) and at Encyclopedia.com.

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