Happy Earth Day! The Lowcountry Food Bank is celebrating our sustainable triumphs that help fight food waste and bring more nutritious food to neighbors while reducing our carbon footprint. According to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, in the United States, food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills, where it emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
ÂHow To Contribute
To help continue to fight food waste and support our local food sourcing, Crews Subaru is DOUBLING your gift today dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000! Your gift today can help support sustainable efforts to procure nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste.
Click the link below to go to https://lowcountryfoodbank.org/ and make your gift!
"As a Subaru retailer, we are very conscious of our environmental responsibilities," explains Robert Crews, Crews Subaru Owner. "The Lowcountry Food Bank's entire system of collecting food that also helps maintain our environment is inspiring and one of the many reasons we are partnering today in the fight against hunger."
We have 24 hours to raise $10,000 in celebration of Earth Day take action now to double your impact for Mother Earth!
Food Rescue Initiatives
- In 2021, LCFB recovered more than 14 million pounds of food from grocery stores in coastal SC
- In the United States, food waste is estimated between 30-40 percent of the food supply (USDA)
- Each year, LCFB sources more than 5 million pounds of produce that would otherwise be left in the field by paying a small fee per pound to have it harvested, packed and transported
LCFB Bales Cardboard to Create Trees
Did you Know?
Most paper comes from pine trees
On 45' pine tree makes approximately 10,000 sheets of paper
Average offices use on tree per year
- An average bale weighs about 1,000 lbs.
- Two bales equals one pine tree or 10,000 sheets of paper
- LCFB produced 123 bales in 2021, saving 615,000 sheets of paper or 61.5 trees
Your gift today can ensure that we continue to collect more food that is still perfectly nutritious that is otherwise going to waste. To practice reducing your food waste at home you can:
- Before going to the grocery store, make a shopping list and stick to it
- Remember that the "best before" date is just a manufacturing standard and its usually very conservative. Most food can still be eaten past this date
- Buy only what you can eat before the food spoils - if you have leftovers, freeze them
- Buy from local farmers. Food is fresher and they consume less resources to bring the food to the market
- When eating out, bring home leftovers and eat them
Which ways do you fight food waste? Let us know by interacting with us on our social media!
How Can We Help?
* Indicates a required field
-
Crews Subaru of Charleston
8261 Rivers Ave
North Charleston, SC 29406
- Sales: 843-820-4200
Loading Map...
