UNCG students are helping to feed the hungry across the Triad while also cutting their own waste.
“I know sometimes I put too much food on my plate,” said student Christan Stephaney ”I’ll be like, I’m not going to eat all this. I might want to downsize my food.”
It’s why UNCG started the “Clean Plate Program” through their food recovery network initiative. Levi Saavedra, president of the Food Recovery Network, said nearly 100 students have been putting long hours to help those in the community.
“We recover the excess food that’s leftover twice a week,” said Saavedra. “We donate it to local charities.”