After attending a charity event where not everyone was able to attend, Barbara Bronstein began to wonder what would happen to the excess food.

This simple thought led her to discover that 35% of produced food is wasted, even though 39% of Houstonians face food insecurity , which is nearly triple the national average.

Bronstein said this staggering fact inspired her to bridge the gap between perishable foods going to the landfill and Houstonians facing food insecurity by starting Second Servings in 2015

How it works

Second Servings’ PopUp Grocery Store program has four part-time drivers who drive to local stores such as Trader Joe's and Whole Foods seven days a week to pick up food that would otherwise be thrown out.

“Trader Joe's gets new lettuces every day. The old ones have to

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