Every year around the world, humans waste an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food. This happens even though many people go hungry. Some food aid groups say that in the United States alone, as many as 41 million people go hungry every day. So, some people have made it their life’s work to connect the two: claiming food before it goes to waste and then giving it to people who are hungry. One of those people is Brett Myers. In 2011, Myers started Nourish Now, a food recovery and food bank in the U.S. state of Maryland. This non-profit organization collects food and then gives it to the poor and organizations that support them. "Nourish Now is a food recovery-based food bank that recovers food from restaurants, catering companies, grocery stores, hotels, farms and more. And then donates that food directly to families in need, kids in need at local schools." Nourish Now receives food donations from 160 corporations and organizations.
Title: Group Uses Leftover Food to Feed the Hungry
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States alone, as many as 41 million people go hungry every day.</span> <span data-start-time='24146' data-end-time='36417'>So, some people have made it their life’s work to connect the two: claiming food before it goes to waste and then giving it to people who are hungry.</span> <span data-start-time='36417' data-end-time='40646'>One of those people is Brett Myers.</span> <span data-start-time='40646' data-end-time='52583'>In 2011, Myers started Nourish Now, a food recovery and food bank in the U.S. state of Maryland.</span> <span data-start-time='52583' data-end-time='63250'>This non-profit organization collects food and then gives it to the poor and organizations that support them.</span> <span data-start-time='63250' data-end-time='73313'>"Nourish Now is a food recovery-based food bank that recovers food from restaurants, catering companies, grocery stores, hotels, farms and more.</span> <span data-start-time='73313' data-end-time='80458'>And then donates that food directly to families in need, kids in need at local schools."</span> <span data-start-time='80458' data-end-time='88875'>Nourish Now receives food donations from 160 corporations and organizations.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3191/D2D496F8-F735-4CF8-9ADA-AF338AA1F2F1_w1200_r1_s.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12424 data-hint-location='40646' style='display:none;'><div 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