OUR IMPACT

Flower City Pickers believes that food waste is not just a problem. It is also a resource, just like any other, that can benefit the common good when effectively and ethically managed. This belief is why, beginning in October of 2015, we began weighing and cataloging every box of food we have processed during our volunteer-driven food rescues on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

By quickly and deliberately redirecting food waste that would typically be an added cost to the overall food economy, we create cost savings opportunities for organizations across Rochester that work to reinforce the social safety net in an environmentally and financially responsible way.