SOS - Food Rescue Program

SOS - Food Rescue Program

SOS - Food Rescue Program

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The Food Rescue Program revolves around "rescuing" surplus good quality food that exceeds the needs of consumers for some reasons, such as almost expiration, and over or under product standard by reallocating it from hotels, restaurants, and other food-related businesses to impoverished or underprivileged communities in Thailand.
We aim for food that would otherwise be thrown away and become waste with this program by encouraging our partners in the food business sector to donate their surplus food. We also want to educate them on a better and efficient way to manage surplus food that instead of disposing surplus food into landfills, we give it to the people in need which would be proven much beneficial.
Our operation runs every day by following the pattern of morning surplus food pick-up by our Food Rescue Ambassadors from our partners’ location. During our pick-up period, we weigh all donated edible surplus food to record the measurement to a mobile application for the purpose of calculating the amount of GHG emission. Our program aims to support our food partners to manage their surplus food more efficiently by providing our collected weight data with our monthly report. We put great emphasis on hygiene standards especially during transportation, with our cold-chain trucks and food safety support, our rescued nutritious surplus food is always safe for people to consume.
After we finish collecting surplus food, we then proceed to transport them to different communities with the help of our Community Coordinator and Community Leaders as middlemen who assist in the distribution of goods and assess the outcome of each operation, in which we use their evaluations to shape and develop future campaigns.
We have set our goals of serving 25 million nutritious meals to disadvantaged people by 2025 and supporting the Thai government to reduce half of the food waste by 2030. We continuously cultivate our program to enhance food security and constantly provide support to recipients with an aim that they could become self-reliant in the future.

The Food Rescue Program revolves around "rescuing" surplus good quality food that exceeds the needs of consumers for some reasons, such as almost expiration, and over or under product standard by reallocating it from hotels, restaurants, and other food-related businesses to impoverished or underprivileged communities in Thailand.
We aim for food that would otherwise be thrown away and become waste with this program by encouraging our partners in the food business sector to donate their surplus food. We also want to educate them on a better and efficient way to manage surplus food that instead of disposing surplus food into landfills, we give it to the people in need which would be proven much beneficial.
Our operation runs every day by following the pattern of morning surplus food pick-up by our Food Rescue Ambassadors from our partners’ location. During our pick-up period, we weigh all donated edible surplus food to record the measurement to a mobile application for the purpose of calculating the amount of GHG emission. Our program aims to support our food partners to manage their surplus food more efficiently by providing our collected weight data with our monthly report. We put great emphasis on hygiene standards especially during transportation, with our cold-chain trucks and food safety support, our rescued nutritious surplus food is always safe for people to consume.
After we finish collecting surplus food, we then proceed to transport them to different communities with the help of our Community Coordinator and Community Leaders as middlemen who assist in the distribution of goods and assess the outcome of each operation, in which we use their evaluations to shape and develop future campaigns.
We have set our goals of serving 25 million nutritious meals to disadvantaged people by 2025 and supporting the Thai government to reduce half of the food waste by 2030. We continuously cultivate our program to enhance food security and constantly provide support to recipients with an aim that they could become self-reliant in the future.

Scholars of Sustenance Thailand was founded 5 years ago by Mr. Bo H. Holmgreen in 2016 to rescue surplus food from hotels and retailers, avoiding food waste going to the landfills to emit toxic methane gasses. We put our priority in protecting the environment while at the same time feeding the people in need.
Food Rescue Program is a program in which we rescue high-quality surplus food from our strategic partners (i.e., corporations, foundations, government agencies, and business start-ups) and collaborative partners (i.e., restaurants, hotels, and community kitchens). Then, deliver that food to communities or cook in community kitchens where the locals can easily access it.
Altogether, we help each other in a circular chain to reduce food waste and carbon emissions while ending hunger. Food waste mitigation is a critical means of addressing current and future economic, social, and environmental concerns. We raise awareness of the importance of the problem and its solutions. We commit to feed the vulnerable communities and make a better life for all in this country.
Since the start, we rescued and served food to the communities of more than 3.6 million kilograms, or equivalent to almost 14 million meals, equivalent to 6.5 tons of CO2e emission reduction. We are almost certain that we might serve 10 million meals by the end of 2021.
To be more precise, the impact of our Food Rescue Program in Thailand is truly remarkable as we have been providing support to more than 500 communities. We have been preventing food from being wasted in landfills, which is equivalent to reducing GHG emissions from more than 19 million kilometers of car driving or seeding more than 80,000 trees. We believe our operation is a win-win situation for our world as we conduct in a circular cycle, unlike the linear chain where surplus food ends up in the landfill. Our partners provide us with the food where we use it for supporting people, which can contribute back to our economy as they can access a healthy diet. We can achieve zero hunger and a sustainable environment in the future with our partner's collaboration.

Scholars of Sustenance Thailand was founded 5 years ago by Mr. Bo H. Holmgreen in 2016 to rescue surplus food from hotels and retailers, avoiding food waste going to the landfills to emit toxic methane gasses. We put our priority in protecting the environment while at the same time feeding the people in need.
Food Rescue Program is a program in which we rescue high-quality surplus food from our strategic partners (i.e., corporations, foundations, government agencies, and business start-ups) and collaborative partners (i.e., restaurants, hotels, and community kitchens). Then, deliver that food to communities or cook in community kitchens where the locals can easily access it.
Altogether, we help each other in a circular chain to reduce food waste and carbon emissions while ending hunger. Food waste mitigation is a critical means of addressing current and future economic, social, and environmental concerns. We raise awareness of the importance of the problem and its solutions. We commit to feed the vulnerable communities and make a better life for all in this country.
Since the start, we rescued and served food to the communities of more than 3.6 million kilograms, or equivalent to almost 14 million meals, equivalent to 6.5 tons of CO2e emission reduction. We are almost certain that we might serve 10 million meals by the end of 2021.
To be more precise, the impact of our Food Rescue Program in Thailand is truly remarkable as we have been providing support to more than 500 communities. We have been preventing food from being wasted in landfills, which is equivalent to reducing GHG emissions from more than 19 million kilometers of car driving or seeding more than 80,000 trees. We believe our operation is a win-win situation for our world as we conduct in a circular cycle, unlike the linear chain where surplus food ends up in the landfill. Our partners provide us with the food where we use it for supporting people, which can contribute back to our economy as they can access a healthy diet. We can achieve zero hunger and a sustainable environment in the future with our partner's collaboration.

https://www.scholarsofsustenance.org/sos-thailand