Turning old useable food into soup as a way to promote the social ills in our society.
Port Elgin resident Mandy Hutter is part of a global organization called Food Not Bombs based in the United States.
Hutter — appearing on Soundingboard — says she and the rest of her group go around town to restaurants and businesses picking up fruits and vegetables that were destined for the garbage bin.
She says they turn that food into soup and serve it for free to those who want it.
Hutter says the local branch of the group has been up and running since the middle of April of this year.
She estimates that they have collected about 775 dollars worth of food that would have been thrown out from just three businesses.
She believes the amount of food that is being thrown out is due to people having too high of a standard and are quite demanding when it comes to quality.
Hutter says they set up a table at Coulter Parkette at the corner of Goderich and Green Streets in Port Elgin every Wednesday.
She says people can come up and enjoy vegetarian soups and fruits and vegetables that they can take and bring home.
Food Not Bombs was first organized in Massachusetts as an anti-nuclear protest in the 1980s and to bring to attention poverty and homelessness around the world by sharing food out in the public.
