Hi Everyone,

I am very excited to be working with the Long Island Food Coalition, (LIFC) in planning the next Long Island Food Conference, scheduled for November 3rd at LIU Post, in Brookville. The LIFC is a consortium of individuals and organizations throughout Long Island and the tri-state area who share a common desire to advance efforts in preserving our local agriculture and expand our sources of locally grown food for our communities. We are looking to grow our coalition, and would welcome any individual or organization with a related mission, to join our efforts in the planning of our upcoming conference. If interested, please reach out to me, or to the North Shore Land Alliance. Our next planning meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, at 2pm!

My guest this week is Robert Lee, the co-founder of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc., a non profit food rescue organization, operating in 16 cities and headquartered in New York City. Rescuing Leftover Cuisine provides solutions to prevent excess wholesome cuisine from being wasted by providing services such as food waste consulting, excess food delivery, co-branding services, and tax credit assistance.

Robert is a Gates Millennium Scholar who graduated cum laude from New York University. Coming from a humble background, he is committed to doing all he can to help those in need. While at NYU, Robert worked on a club called, Two Birds One Stone, which delivered leftover dining hall food to homeless shelters. Over the four years that Robert was a part of this organization, he learned best practices of operations in delivering food, fostered relationships within the industry, and honed volunteer management skills. During Robert’s three years as president, he helped the organization receive the NYU Green Grant Award for the best green initiative on campus and led volunteers to deliver over 12,000 pounds of food. After graduating, Robert worked at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. before continuing his passion of helping the hungry and reducing food waste. Please join me on Thursday, to find out more about the work of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine.

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With love and gratitude,

Bhavani