If anybody thinks they have a solution to this I'll bet it starts with the
elimination of bureaucratic control over the food supply. Not that we
shouldn't have standards and inspections, but real hunger demands real food
and not real obstruction. I personally have thrown into dumpsters great
pans of freshly-prepared (by licensed caterers and restaurants) meats and
vegetables because I couldn't get anybody to take them. I called every food
kitchen in town and got "No" for an answer every time. Polite "No", but
"No" just the same. I've also seen fields of high-quality vegetables
rotting on the vine because the organizations that could use them just
wouldn't come get them. I've hunted game birds in fields with the
farmer/owner as my hunting partner and asked him why these tons of produce
were just lying there in the sun. His reply was that he made an annual
practice of offering his fields to gleaners and food kitchens after the main
picking was complete, and had as yet had no takers. Amazing! Tons of food
for free and nobody would take it!

I didn't get any pheasants that hunting trip, but I did come home with a
dozen excellent acorn squash.

John

"Jerry Avins" > wrote in message
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> Emma Thackery wrote:
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>> Finally she said she had to have it in case anything was wrong with the
>> food! Everything was sealed in its original package but I confess that I
>> did worry for a time and it's made me think twice about donating food to
>> pantries.
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> Don't sweat it. "Anything wrong with the food" is a euphemism for
> deliberately poisoned. Asking is a good way to prevent foul play.
>
> Jerry
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