Cache-30Cache-30  This past Saturday I took the kids on an adventure.  About 1230 am, we descended upon the Winn Dixie in Inlet Beach.  I had heard about the waste that are nations grocery stores commit every day.  I have watched numerous documentaries and programs about the food waste in our country.  Enough food, whether it be farms or stores, throw out tremendous amounts of food.  Whether it be because of government regulations, lawsuits or simple laziness, the amounts of food being thrown away in our society is ludicrous!  It is mind boggling as there should not be one starving person in the US if the food was dispersed properly.  I realize that it would not take more work to accomplish this but was is life all about if not for helping each other.

The video depicts the children getting their first taste of this problem.  I think they walked away from this with a new self awareness of this epidemic.  We pulled a good amount of food from the single dumpster and it was an array of dairy, bakery and meats.  All the items were yet to expire and seemed to be unharmed.  At first the kids said ” Do we really need food that bad” when I first presented this project to them.  I explained to them what is really happening and I hope that they will become passionate about making a difference!  To be continued……