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Feeding the hungry with food that is 'ugly looking'
SG Food Rescue collects bruised fruits and vegetables, then delivers to charities
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SG Food Rescue volunteers scour the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre to collect food items - mostly fruits and vegetables - that are edible but not considered good enough to sell because they are slightly blemished, discoloured or odd-shaped. The food is then redistributed to the community and those in need.
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Rahimah Rashith
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Every week, about 20 people go round the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre asking vendors for unwanted produce, filling up trolleys with crates of slightly bruised tomatoes, cabbages with brown outer leaves, white carrots with split tips and even fresh red capsicums.
They are from SG Food Rescue, a new group that aims to reduce food waste by collecting unsellable food and redistributing it to soup kitchens and charities.
