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Iowa food banks rescue more than 27 million pounds of food annually
Iowa’s food banks make every day Earth Day in their efforts to divert perfectly good food from landfills and instead get it onto dinner tables for Iowans facing food insecurity. This Earth Day, the Iowa Food Bank Association announces 27.1 million pounds of food was rescued in 2023 by the six Feeding America food banks serving Iowa. As one of those members, Food Bank of Iowa and its partners contributed 7.1 million pounds to this number. According to the United States Department of...