Food Lifeline
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Food Lifeline is a non-profit organization that supplies food to different food banks across Western Washington. Food Lifeline is responsible for repackaging and delivering food to 275 different organizations that distribute meals to the Western Washington population.[1] Out of all the food distributed to these different organizations, 30% of the meals end up coming directly from Food Lifeline alone.[2] Food Lifeline is part of a nationwide non-profit called Feeding America and assists in collecting food that would otherwise go to waste.[3]
Formation | 1979 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Region | Western, Washington |
Website | https://foodlifeline.org/ |
In 1979 Food Lifeline was founded and it is now managed and operated by a board of directors.[1] Approximately forty percent of food in America goes to waste due to the inability to handle and move food from place to place before it perishes.[4] Food Lifeline operates to stop this food, especially perishables such as vegetables and fruits, from going into landfills.